[0:11] [GAVEL].

[0:12] >> WELCOME TOHE REGULAR

[0:13] » WELCOME TOHE REGULAR

[0:13] MEETING OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH,

[0:16] SAFETY &QUITY COMMITTEE FOR

[0:18] GUST 5, 2026. I AM JASON

[0:20] CHAVEZ, THE CHAIR OF THIS

[0:23] COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE

[0:26] MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A

[0:28] FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL

[0:29] MEMBERS,STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC

[0:31] THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE

[0:33] BROAAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER

[0:35] PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE

[0:38] BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL-TIME

[0:40] CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD

[0:41] TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR

[0:44] PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY.

[0:44] ALL SPEAKERS SHOULD BE MINDFUL

[0:47] OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEED SO

[0:48] OUR CAPTIONSAN TRANSCRIBE THE

[0:55] BROADCAST. A THIS TIME, I WILL

[0:56] ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL

[0:58] SO WE CAN VERIFY A QUORUM FOR

[1:02] THIS MEETING.

[1:05] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYN

[1:08] » COUNCIL MEMBER PAYN

[1:08] >> PRESENT.

[1:08] » PRESENT.

[1:08] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY IS

[1:09] » COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY IS

[1:09] ABSENT, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE

[1:10] IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

[1:15] >> PRESENT.

[1:15] » PRESENT.

[1:16] >> THAT IS FIVE MEMBERS ESENT.

[1:18] » THAT IS FIVE MEMBERS ESENT.

[1:18] >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE

[1:21] » LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE

[1:21] HAVE A QUORUM. WE WILL BE USING

[1:22] SPEAKER MANAGEMENT TODAY SO

[1:23] PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE SIGNED

[1:27] WITH OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ON OUR

[1:29] CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 1

[1:31] AND ITEM NUMBER 2, AUTHORIZING

[1:34] CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WITH THE

[1:35] BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION

[1:37] FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING,

[1:41] INVESTIGATORS TASKFORCE, CRIME

[1:45] ANALYSTS, AND INVESTIGATORS. A

[1:47] CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR CANOPY

[1:51] ROOTS. ITEM 4 ACCEPT IT IS

[1:53] PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY

[1:54] PREPAREDNESS GRANT TO SUPPORT

[1:56] EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

[1:58] ACTIVITIES. ITEM 5 IS THE PUBLIC

[2:00] HEALTH RESPONSE SUSTAINABILITY

[2:02] GRANT TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY

[2:03] RESPONSES. ITEM 6, ACCEPTS THE

[2:06] MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC

[2:07] SAFETY GRAND FOR BOMB DISPOSAL,

[2:10] EQUIPMENT, AND TRAINING, AND

[2:14] AUTHORIZES AN AGREEMENT FOR THE

[2:15] GRANT. 7, 8, 9 ARE FOR

[2:20] CONFERENCE ATTENDANT. ITEM 10 IS

[2:22] THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR

[2:25] AUGUST 19TH TO NOISE

[2:26] REGULATIONS. ITEM 11 SET AS

[2:27] PUBLIC HEARING FOR AUGUST 19TH

[2:30] TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE RELATED

[2:31] TO PET OWNERSHIP RESTRICTION

[2:33] REFORM. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE UP

[2:35] ITEM 12 AT THIS TIME, POSTPONING

[2:39] THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE TO

[2:42] THE SEPTEMBER 23RD MEETING. THIS

[2:43] ITEM IS UNDER POSTPONEMENT.

[2:45] COLLEAGUES IS THERE ANY

[2:46] DISCUSSION OR ARE THERE ANY

[2:48] ITEMS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO

[2:50] PULL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION?

[2:55] WITH TH, I MOVE ALL CONSENT

[2:57] ITEMS FOR APPROVAL, INCLUDING A

[2:59] PUBLIC HEARING FOR 10 AND 11,

[3:01] AND MOVE TO POSTPONE ITEM 12,

[3:04] THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE TO

[3:06] THE SEPTEMBER 23RD MEETING. A

[3:07] THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[3:10] [AYES EXPRESSED]

[3:10] >> THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY. ANY

[3:15] » THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY. ANY

[3:15] ABSTENTIONS? THAT CARRIES.

[3:17] SEEING NO -- THE NEXT ITEM WILL

[3:20] BE RECEIVE AND FILE SOME OF THE

[3:22] AGENDA STARTING WITH ITEM NUMBER

[3:26] 13, A PRESENTATION RELATED TO

[3:28] THE CITY'S TREE PROGRAM. THE

[3:31] CITY'S TREE MANAGER WILL BEGIN

[3:33] THE PRESENTATION. WELCOME.

[3:44] >> ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOO MY

[3:46] » ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOO MY

[3:46] NAME IS SYDNEY SHAFT AND I'M

[3:50] HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE A REPORT

[3:52] ON THE CITY'S TREE PROGRAM. SO

[3:54] THELAN FOR TODAY IS TO GIVE AN

[3:56] OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM AND THE

[3:59] TEAM, PROVIDE A STATUS UPDATE ON

[4:02] HOW OUR PLANTING NUMBERS HAVE

[4:03] GONE SO FAR IN 2026, AND SHARE

[4:05] SOME MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAM

[4:08] UPDATES. SO, THERE ARE A LOT OF

[4:10] AMAZING REASONS WEO THIS WORK

[4:11] AND WHY WE PLANT MOR TREES. ONE

[4:14] OF THE BIGGEST ONESE THINK

[4:15] ABOUT ARE THE WAY THAT TREES

[4:16] HELPOOL OUR CITIESND HELP

[4:19] MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE

[4:22] THE MORE OF THESE BENEFITS THAT

[4:24] IT PROVIDES, SO WE TRY TO

[4:28] THROUGHOUT OUR PROGRAM AS MH

[4:31] AS POSSIBLE.E IS A BEAUTIFUL

[4:34] TEAM PHOTO FROM THE U OF M ST.

[4:37] UL CAMPUS FROM A FORESTRY

[4:38] EVENT LAST YEAR. W HAVE OUR

[4:41] PRO

[4:45] OUR OUTREACH COORDINATOR, AND

[4:47] THEN OUR COMMUNITY FORESTER, AND

[4:49] JIM FOR OUR CSERVATION CPS

[4:53] MEMBER, AND TWO INTERNS, LISA

[4:56] AND AMALI. SO THE CITY TREES

[4:59] PROGRAM STARTED IN 2006. IT'S

[5:03] OUR 20th BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR. WE

[5:05] DISTRIBUTED OVER 25,000 TREES.

[5:07] THE CITY TREES PROGRAM IS

[5:10] EXCLUSIVELY FOR PRIVATE

[5:11] PROPERTY, THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK

[5:15] BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE

[5:16] PUBLIC TREES, THE BOULEVARD

[5:18] TREES AND THE PARK'S TREES. WE

[5:21] KNOW THE LARGEST OPPORTUNITY TO

[5:22] INCREASE TREE CANOPY IN

[5:24] MINNEAPOLIS IS ON PRIVATE

[5:27] PROPERTY. SO, THE TREES THAT ARE

[5:29] OFFERED THROUGH OUR PROGRAM ARE

[5:31] CONTAINER TREES, 4 TO 8 FEET

[5:33] TALL AND WE DO A WIDE VARIETY OF

[5:35] DIFFERENT SPECIES OF TREES. OUR

[5:40] MAIN TWO PLANTING PROGRAMS ARE

[5:43] THE RESIDENTIAL CITY TREE SALE.

[5:44] SO THESE ARE LOW COST TREES

[5:46] PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS AT JUST

[5:47] $30 EACH, WHICH IS A PRETTY

[5:49] SIG

[5:50] TREES WOULD TYPICALLY COST $150

[5:53] TO $200 IF PURCHASED FROM A

[5:56] NURSERY. WE PROVIDE THE ORDERING

[5:59] IN ADVANCE AND WE GIVE RESIDENTS

[6:00] ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO

[6:02] FEEL CONFIDENT PICKING UP THE

[6:03] TREE AND PLANTING IT. THEY PICK

[6:05] UP THEIR TREES AT DRIVE THRU

[6:07] PICK UP WEEKEND. WE TYPICALLY DO

[6:10] IT IN THE SPRING AND THE FALL.

[6:11] THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR

[6:14] FULL-SERVICE PLANTING PROGRAM.

[6:16] THIS PROGRAM IS REALLY AN EFFORT

[6:17] TO REDUCE AS MANY BARRIERS AS

[6:19] POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE

[6:21] ARE DISPARITIES IN THE TREE

[6:22] CANOPY IN THE CITY. SO, THIS

[6:24] PROGRAM HAS AN EMPHASIS ON THE

[6:27] GREEN ZONES AND ENVIRONMENTAL

[6:28] JUSTICE AREAS, AND IT'S ALSO

[6:30] OPEN TO NON-PROFITS AND

[6:33] BUSINESSES. SO FOR

[6:34] PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROGRAM,

[6:35] IT INCLUDES A ONE-ON-ONE SITE

[6:38] VISIT WITH CITY TREE STAFF,

[6:39] WHERE WE ALSO CONTRACT WITH TREE

[6:41] TRUST TO DO A LOT OF WORK AND WE

[6:43] MEET WITH THE RESIDENT OR

[6:44] PROPERTY OWNER AND TALK THROUGH

[6:46] WHAT TYPE OF TREES THEY MAY BE

[6:47] INTERESTED IN, HOW MANY THEY

[6:49] HA ROOM FOR, MAKE SURE WE'RE

[6:51] SELECTING TREES THAT FIT WHAT

[6:52] THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, AND GOING

[6:55] TO BE SUCCESSFUL BEING PLANTED

[6:56] ON THE SITE. THEN WE PROVIDE A

[6:58] FULL-SERVICE PLANTING SO THE

[7:00] RESIDENTS HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT

[7:01] WATERING AND MAINTENAN FOR THE

[7:03] TREES. THERE ARE A LOT OF

[7:04] DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTIES

[7:05] AND SIS THAT HAVE TAKEN

[7:07] ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM. WE

[7:08] HAVE DONE COMMUNITY GARDENS THIS

[7:14] PAST SPRING AND AT HENNEPIN

[7:16] SCHOOLS AS WELL. SO, THIS IS

[7:19] LOOKING AT OUR NUMBERS FOR 2026.

[7:22] SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR,

[7:23] THE TARGETED NUMBER OF TREES

[7:24] THROUGH OUR PROGRAM WAS 2,915.

[7:29] THIS IS BETWEEN THE CITY TREE

[7:31] SALES, THE FULL-SERVICE PLANTS,

[7:33] REPLACEMENTS AFTER DISEASED AND

[7:35] HAZARD TREE REMOVALS, AND 400

[7:38] SMALL TREES AT A MINI FOREST. I

[7:40] WI TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE

[7:42] LATER. WE HAD A TON OF INTEREST

[7:50] TRACK TO PLANTING JUST OVER

[7:53] 3,200 TREE THIS YEAR. SO, WE

[7:56] HAVE T MAIN PLANTING SEASONS

[7:59] IN MINNESOTA. SPRING IS APRIL,

[8:02] MAY, INTO EARLY JUNE AND FALL

[8:04] PLANTING SEASON ISSEPTEMBER,

[8:06] OCTOBER, MAYBE BOO NOVEMBER. SO,

[8:08] THIS IS JUST SHOWING WHAT WE

[8:09] ALREADY COMPLETED SO FAR IN THE

[8:11] SPRING AND THEN WHAT WE HAVE

[8:12] PLANNED FOR THE REST OF THE

[8:14] YEAR. SO WE CONTRACT WITH METRO

[8:15] BLOOMS TO DO SOME OF THE

[8:17] REPLACEMENT TREE PLANTING AFTER

[8:19] DIOCESED AND HAZARD TREES ARE

[8:22] REMOVED. THEY ARE GOING TO PLANT

[8:25] THE REMAINING THIS FALL. THE

[8:27] SPRING CITY TREE SALE, WE SOLD

[8:30] JUST OVER 1,100 TREES AND OUR

[8:32] FALL SALE OPENED ON AUGUST 1ST.

[8:34] THERE ARE 800 TREES AVAILABLE.

[8:36] AS OF YESTERDAY, WE HAD SOLD 437

[8:39] IN THE FIRST FOUR DAYS. THERE

[8:41] HAS BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST IN

[8:43] THAT PROGRAM. THEN THE

[8:44] FULL-SERVICE PLANTINGS IN THE

[8:47] SPRING, OUR TEAM PLANTED 150

[8:51] TREES, TREE TRUST PLANTED 250,

[8:52] ANDHIS YEAR WE HAVE SEEN

[8:54] UNPRECEDENTED NUMRS OF

[8:56] REQUESTS. SO IN ADDITION TO THE

[8:58] OVER 700 THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE

[9:00] PLANTING, WE HAVE 600 MORE THAT

[9:02] WE HAVE A WAIT LIST NOW AND ARE

[9:04] WORKING TO GET A PLAN TO GET

[9:05] PEOPLE THOSE TREES. THAT'S BEEN

[9:08] VERY EXCITING. SO, THE MINI

[9:11] FOREST IS A CONCEPT WE LEARNED

[9:14] ABOUT A A STATE FORESTRY

[9:15] CONFERCE LAST YEAR. IT

[9:16] PROVIDES ALL OF THE SAME

[9:18] BENEFITS TO TREES, OR BENEFITS

[9:21] THAT TREES PROVIDE AND CAPTURES

[9:24] A LOT OF CARBON. IT'S A DECADES

[9:28] METHOD FROM JAPAN, WHERE YOU

[9:30] PLANT A LOT OF TREES AND

[9:32] VEGETAON CLOSE TOGETHER. IT'S

[9:33] DENSELY PLANTED THAT YOU CAN FIT

[9:35] 350 TREES IN AN AREA AS SMALL AS

[9:38] SIX PARKING SPACES. BECAUSE OF

[9:40] THE PLANTS ARE COMPETING FOR

[9:42] SUNLIGHT AND NUTRIENTS, IT

[9:43] FORCES THEM T GROW QUICKLY, AND

[9:46] YOU GET A MATURE POCKET FOREST

[9:48] IN 20 TO 30 YEARS, WHERE A

[9:49] TYPICAL FOREST WOULD TAKE LONR

[9:53] TO REACH FULL MATURITY. WE

[9:55] NISHED THE PREP IN JULY AND

[9:55] WEE EXCITED TO G THAT

[9:57] PLANTED IN NOVEMB. THEN,

[9:59] LOOKING FORWARD T SEEING HOW WE

[10:00] CAN OFF THAT TO OTHER SITES

[10:02] AROUND THE CITY THAT ARE

[10:03] INTERESTED IN HOSTING A MINI

[10:07] FOREST. SO, THE CITY TREES TEAM

[10:10] ALWAYS DOES A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT

[10:12] AND EDUCATION. ONE OF THE THINGS

[10:13] WE HAVE BEEN RECENTLY WORKING ON

[10:15] IS PROVIDING SOME EDUCATIONAL

[10:17] GRAPHICS FOR SOMEOMMON MISCON

[10:20] SECTIONS OR COMMON QUESTIONS WE

[10:22] GET. SOME OF THOSE IS THAT

[10:24] PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE

[10:25] COST OF WATERG THEIR TREE WHEN

[10:28] THEY GET SOMETHING NEW PLANTED.

[10:30] THE ANNL COST IS ABOUT $3, SO

[10:32] THAT IS NOT A HUGE BARRIER FOR A

[10:35] LOT OF PEOPLE LUCKILY. WE HEAR A

[10:38] T OF TIMES THAT PEOPLE HAVE

[10:40] SMALLER LOTS AND THEY'RE

[10:40] CONCERNED THEY DON'T HAVE ROOM

[10:42] IN THEIR YARD FOR A BIG SHADE

[10:44] TREE. SHADE TREES GROW TALLER SO

[10:46] THE PART TAKING UP THE MOST

[10:48] SPACE IS THE TRUNK, IF YOU THINK

[10:50] OF THE LARGE SHADE TREES ON THE

[10:52] BOULEVARD. IT'S A GRAY AREA,

[10:53] NOT THAT BIG, WE CAN FIT SOME

[10:55] SHADE TREES THERE. SOMETIMES THE

[10:59] ORNAMENTAL TREES TAKE UP MORE

[11:01] SPACE. THOSE ARE SOME EXAMPLES

[11:03] OF THE EDUCATIAL PIECES WE

[11:04] HAVE BEEN WORKING . OUR

[11:07] FORESTER HAS BEEN WORKING ON

[11:09] FORESTRY EXPLORATION AND A TREE

[11:15] WORKSHOP. WE'RE ALSO CTINUING

[11:18] THE CONTRACT WITH METRO BLOOMS

[11:22] TO DO BLACK BASKET WORKSHOPS.

[11:31] OUR CRDINATOR LED A WORKSHOP

[11:34] IN JUNE, TO CONNECT TECHNICAL

[11:36] INFORMATION ABOUT TREES AND

[11:37] EDUCATION AROUND TREES WITH

[11:41] NATURE INSPIRED ART. THERE WAS

[11:45] POETRY, PUPPET MAKING, AND OUR

[11:47] COMMUNITY PARTNERS WERE THE

[11:48] SHARING VARIOUS RESOURCES.

[11:52] ANOTHER EXCITING THING THAT WE

[11:53] HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IS A TREE

[11:58] AMBASSADOR PILOT. THIS IS A NEW

[12:01] INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO INCREASE

[12:02] VERSE AND FIRST TIME

[12:04] PARTICIPATION IN OUR PROGRAM, TO

[12:05] INCREASE MORE EQUITY IN THE TREE

[12:07] CANOPY, AND TRYING TO REACH

[12:08] PEOPLE THAT HEN'T HEARD ABOUT

[12:09] OUR PROGRAM BEFORE. SO, WE WERE

[12:12] LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO

[12:14] BECOME TREE AMBASSADORS. THEY

[12:17] TREES. WE JUST WANT PEOPLE THAT

[12:18] KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS AND KNOW

[12:20] HOW TO REACH PEOPLE. WE HAD

[12:22] APPLICATIONS OPEN IN FEBRUARY.

[12:23] WE RECEIVED OVER 75

[12:25] APPLICATIONS, WHICHAS VERY

[12:29] SELECTED 15 TREE AMBASSARS AND

[12:31] THEY EACH GET A STIPEND TO

[12:33] IDENTIFY PLANTING LOCATIONS FOR

[12:35] 50 TREES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

[12:37] SO, THIS PROGRAM IS MODELED

[12:40] AFTER ROUTE NASHVILLE, WHICH

[12:42] DOES SOMETHING SIMILAR. THEY

[12:43] HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO PROMOTE THE

[12:44] PROGRAM, DEPENDING ON THEIR

[12:46] RENGTH. SOME ARE SAVVY ON

[12:47] SOCIALMEDIA, SOME MAY ATTEND

[12:49] LARGE EVENTS, AND THEY JUST

[12:54] HAD 250 TREES, MORE THAN THAT, Y

[12:55] BUT AT LEAST 250 TREES REQUESTED

[12:57] THROUGH THE TREE AMBASSADOR SO

[13:00] FAR. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON OUR

[13:04] PRIVATE PROPERTY TREE

[13:05] PRESERVATION ORDINANCE WITH THE

[13:06] IDEA TO PRESERVE TREES THAT ARE

[13:08] LOST DURING NSTRUCTION. WE

[13:09] HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CPED TO

[13:11] ENSURE THIS ORDINANCE IS GOING

[13:12] TO ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S GOALS

[13:14] OF INCREASED DENSITY AND NOT

[13:16] ADDING UNNECESSARY BARRIERS TO

[13:18] PULLING PERMITS AND

[13:21] CONSTRUCTION. SO, I JUST WANTED

[13:22] TO SHARE AN UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC

[13:24] ENGAGEMENT PART OF THE PROCESS

[13:25] THAT WE DID EARLIER THIS YEAR.

[13:28] WE HAD TWO SURVEYS THAT WE

[13:31] DESIGNED IN AN EFFORT TO GET

[13:34] MORE FEEDBACK BEYON JUST

[13:35] MEETING. THERE WAS A COMMUNITY

[13:36] MEMBER SURVEY WHERE YOU DIDN'T

[13:38] NEED TECICAL EXPERTISE AND

[13:39] THEN A PROFESSIONAL SURVEY FOR

[13:41] BUILDERS, DEVELOPERS, AND

[13:43] ARBORISTS. WE RECEIVED A COUPLE

[13:45] HUNDRED RESPONSES THROUGH THAT.

[13:46] FROM A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY

[13:48] MEMBERS, WE HEARD EXAMPLES OF

[13:50] MATURE TREES THEY WERE SAD TO

[13:52] HAVE LOST DUE TO CONSTRUCTION

[13:54] AND SOMETIMES THESE TREES DON'T

[13:56] E DURING ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION,

[13:57] BUT IT COULD BE ONE TO THREE

[13:59] YEARS AFTER THE FACT BECAUSE THE

[14:00] STRESS OF THE CONSTRUCTION PUT

[14:02] ON THE CRITICAL ROOT ZONES WITH

[14:06] THE EXCAVATION AND SOIL

[14:08] COMPACTION. WE HEARD A SENTIMENT

[14:09] FROM BUILDERS THAT GENERALLY

[14:11] THEY LIKE TREES AND THEY TRY TO

[14:13] PRESERVE THEM AT TIMES WHEN THEY

[14:14] ARE BUILDING A HOME FOR A PERSON

[14:17] BUYING THE HE THAT WANTS A

[14:18] MATURE TREE AS WELL. THEY WANT

[14:20] TO MAKE SURE THIS TREE

[14:22] PRESERVATION ORDINANCE IS NOT

[14:26] ADDING UNNECESSARY BARRIERS IN

[14:27] PERMITTING. WE ATTENDED SEVERAL

[14:30] ADVISORY BODY MEETINGS AND

[14:31] HOSTED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

[14:33] MEETINGS WITH SOME AFFORDABLE

[14:34] HOUSING REPRESENTATIVES, ONE FOR

[14:36] DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS, THEN WE

[14:38] ALSO HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH

[14:42] NEIGHBORS TO GET THEIR INSIGHT,

[14:44] MAKING THIS A THOUGHTFUL AND

[14:47] PRACCAL ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE

[14:48] THE CAPACITY TO ENFORCE AND

[14:50] EXPECT TO BRING THAT FORWARD

[14:52] EARLY NEXT YEAR. THIS IS JUST A

[14:55] QUICK UPDATE. PREVIOUSLY

[14:57] REGULATORY SERVICES, HOUSING

[14:58] INSPECTORS WERE RESPONDING TO

[15:00] PRIVATE PROPERTY HAZARD TREE

[15:02] COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE BEEN

[15:03] TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE HEAH

[15:04] DEPARTMENT, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL

[15:06] INSPECTORS AND ARBORISTS HAVE

[15:08] BEEN DOING THOSE. THE PARK BOARD

[15:10] IS STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR DISEASE

[15:13] AND INFESTED TREE COMPLAINTS ON

[15:15] PRIVATE PROPERTY. BRINGING THAT

[15:16] TO HEALTH GIVES US AN

[15:21] ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THE CONDEMN

[15:24] TREES ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS A

[15:26] FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM THAT IS

[15:28] THROUGH A GRANT. WE WERE AWARDED

[15:30] THIS A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND WE

[15:33] PURSUED IT FROM ADVOCACY OF

[15:36] COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO TALKED

[15:38] ABOUT A NEED FOR HAZARD TREE

[15:42] REMOVALS. THESE TREE REMOVALS

[15:43] CAN COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

[15:45] IT IS AN INCOME QUALIFIED

[15:46] PROGRAM AND IF THE TREE

[15:47] QUALIFIES AND IF THE RESIDENT IS

[15:49] ELIGIBLE, WE COVER THE FULL COST

[15:50] OF THE TREE REMOVAL, GRINDING

[15:53] THE STUMP THAT IS LEFT BEHIND,

[15:55] ANDREPLACEMENT TREE PLANTING

[15:58] WE BEGIN ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

[16:01] ON JULY 1ST OF 2024. WE JUST H

[16:04] OUR TWO YEARS OF THE PROGRAM. IN

[16:06] THE TWO YEARS, WE HAVE ROLLED

[16:07] OVER 500 ADDRESSES AND REMOVED

[16:09] OVER 600 TREES AND THE AVERAGE

[16:11] COST OF THE TREE REMOVAL IS

[16:15] $5,440. SO OUR PROJECT

[16:17] COORDINATOR MANAGES THAT PROGRAM

[16:18] AND WHEN SHE TALKS TO

[16:20] RESIDENTINGS SHE JUST HEARS A

[16:22] LOT ABOUT HOW GRATEFUL THEY ARE

[16:24] AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY

[16:26] COULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT THIS

[16:28] PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT COULD BE A

[16:29] SIGNIFICANT COST F RESIDENTS.

[16:31] IN CONCLUSION, I WANT TO SAY

[16:33] TH

[16:35] TEAM. THEY'RE AMAZING AND

[16:36] THEY'

[16:37] WORK HAPPEN. SO THAT CONCLUDES

[16:39] MY PRESENTATION. I AM HAPPY TO

[16:41] RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOUAY

[16:43] HAVE.

[16:43] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH SYDNEY. I'M

[16:45] » THANK YOU SO MUCH SYDNEY. I'M

[16:45] SEEING IF ANY OF MY CLEAGUES

[16:46] HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

[16:50] OKAY, VICE CHAIR STEVENSON.

[16:52] >> THANK YOU. I WILL KEEP THIS

[16:55] » THANK YOU. I WILL KEEP THIS

[16:58] TREES?NG THE SPECIES OF THE

[16:58] >> SO, ONE OF THE MAIN

[17:00] » SO, ONE OF THE MAIN

[17:00] PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR

[17:01] DECIDING SPECIES IS TO DIVERFY

[17:03] THE CANOPY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

[17:06] SO, ONE EXAMPLE IS THAT WE DON'T

[17:08] TYPICALLY OFFER THAT MANY MAPLES

[17:10] BECAUSE MAPLES, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE

[17:12] BEAUTIFUL, THERE ARE A LOT

[17:14] PLANTED IN MINNEAPOLIS. WHEN

[17:16] THINGS LIKE EMERALD ASH BORER OR

[17:20] DISEASE MES THROUGH, WE PUT

[17:24] SPACE AND SPACE OF THE SAME

[17:26] TREES. WE TRY TO OFFER A WIDE

[17:28] VARIETY, SO WHEN THE NEXT PEST

[17:29] OR DISEASE COMES THROUGH THAT WE

[17:31] MAY NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS YET, IT

[17:33] DOESN'T HE DISASTROUS

[17:38] CONSEQUENCES.

[17:38] >> IS THERE THOUGHT TO WHETHER

[17:39] » IS THERE THOUGHT TO WHETHER

[17:39] THE TREES ARE NATIVE OR WHETHER

[17:43] THE TREES MIGHT BE NATIVE IN 50

[17:45] YEARS, GIVEN OUR CHANGING

[17:47] CLIMATE? IS THERE A THOUGHT TO

[17:48] THOSE THINGS?

[17:49] >> YES, ABLUTELY. SO, WE LOOK

[17:54] » YES, ABLUTELY. SO, WE LOOK

[17:54] AT CLIMATE ADAPTATION, NAVE,

[17:55] AND THEN WHA RESIDENTS ARE

[17:57] REQUESTING. SO WE DO GET SOME

[17:59] REQUESTS FOR FRUIT TREES,

[18:01] APPLES, PLUMS, PEHES, AND

[18:04] TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT IS

[18:05] SUCCESSFUL IN PRIVATE PROPERTY

[18:07] IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND THE

[18:10] CLIMATE ADAPTATION PIECE AS

[18:11] WELL. I THI AROUND 90% OF OUR

[18:13] TREES THAT WE OFFER ARE NATIVE.

[18:14] WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT ARE A

[18:16] LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE BOUNDARY

[18:18] IN AN EFFORT TO LOOK INTO THAT

[18:19] CLIMATE ADAPTATION PIECE.

[18:22] >> OH OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY

[18:25] » OH OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY

[18:25] RELATION TO, LIKE THE STREET

[18:28] SWEEPING OR THE CLEANING THAT

[18:29] MIGHT COME AFTER FOR CERTAIN

[18:30] TYPES OF TREES THAT MIGHT BE A

[18:32] LITTLE MORE MESSY.

[18:33] >> I DO NOT. THAT'S A GOOD

[18:36] » I DO NOT. THAT'S A GOOD

[18:36] QUESTION, BUT NO WE DO NOT.

[18:39] >> THANK YOU, THAT'S ALL.

[18:40] » THANK YOU, THAT'S ALL.

[18:40] >> NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL

[18:42] » NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL

[18:42] MEMBER WHITING.

[18:43] >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. THANK

[18:43] » THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. THANK

[18:43] YOU SO MUCH FOR THE

[18:45] PRESENTATIONI FOUND THIS QUITE

[18:47] HELPFUL. THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE

[18:50] CORRECT DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION,

[18:52] SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A SPECIFIC

[18:53] BOULEVARD IN OUR WARD THAT WE

[18:55] WANT TO BEAUTIFY HERE IN THE

[18:56] NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR A

[18:58] ECIFIC PROJECT. SHOULD I GO

[19:00] THROUGH Y'ALL'S DEPARTMENT OR IS

[19:03] THERE METHING ELSE THAT WE CAN

[19:07] THAT CAN BE PLANTED IN THAT

[19:09] BOULEVARD.

[19:10] >> SURE, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL

[19:12] » SURE, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL

[19:12] MEMBER WHITING, THANK YOU. I

[19:13] THINK THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY

[19:14] TALK ABOUT IT USUALLY THE PARK

[19:18] BOARD WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

[19:20] THBOULEVARD TREES BUT IF

[19:21] YOU' LOOKING AT OTHER PLANTS

[19:22] OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE CAN

[19:25] CAN MAKE HAPPEN. THERE IS THE

[19:28] EDIB BOULEVARD ORDINANCE AS

[19:30] WELL SO THAT OPENS UP SOME

[19:32] POSSIBILITIES ON WHAT WE CAN

[19:33] PLANT.

[19:33] >> WE'LL REACH OUT, THANK YOU.

[19:35] » WE'LL REACH OUT, THANK YOU.

[19:35] >> VETAW.

[19:36] » VETAW.

[19:36] >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. I

[19:39] » THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. I

[19:39] DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, I JUST

[19:40] WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND

[19:45] FTASTIC TEAM FOR ALL THE

[19:47] HARD WORK YOU PUT INTO THE TE

[19:48] PLANTING PROGRAM AND THE TREE

[19:50] REMOVAL PROGRAM. COUNCIL MEMBER

[19:52] ELLISON AND I WORKED REALLY HARD

[19:54] TO MAKE SURE WE GOT FUNDING

[19:56] BECAE THE DISEASED TREES WERE

[19:58] TTING THE NORTH SIDE HARD, NOT

[20:00] JUST FINANCIALLY BUT SO MANY OF

[20:01] THEM. I LOVE THAT YOU MADE THE

[20:03] POINT THAT WE PLANT VAETY, SO

[20:07] WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME ISSUE

[20:08] THAT WHOEVER PLANTED THESE TREES

[20:12] 50 YEARS AGO DIDN'T THINK ABOUT

[20:14] EMERALD ASH BORER OR DISEASE. I

[20:16] REMEMBER BEING ON THE PARK BOARD

[20:17] AND THE DISEASED TREES WERE ON

[20:19] THE SOUTH SIDE AND I AM LIKE

[20:21] THEY'RE HEADED NORTH. THEN I GET

[20:22] ON THE COUNCIL AND THEY'RE

[20:24] NORTH. IT'S A HUGE FINANCIAL

[20:26] IMPACT TO FOLKSHO JUST ONE DAY

[20:29] HAD A BEAUTIFUL EE. THEY

[20:31] BOUGHT THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE THERE

[20:33] WAS A BEAUTIFUL TREE THERE THAT

[20:35] SUDDENLY BECAME DISEASED AND IT

[20:39] IS $5,000 OR $10,000 TO REMOVE

[20:40] IT. SO I LOVE TO SEE THE NUMBERS

[20:44] AROUND THE TREE REMOVAL AND ALSO

[20:47] TO SEE THAT YOU'RE STILL MAKING

[20:53] SURE THEY CAN FILL THOSE HOLES.

[20:55] THEY GET THEM REMOVED, THEY WANT

[20:57] ANOTHER TREE THER WE HAVE THIS

[20:59] PROGRAM FOR FOLKS TO GET A

[21:01] DISCOUNTED, A REALLY GOOD TR.

[21:02] I HAVE A FEW MYSELF, SO I KNOW

[21:05] THEY'RE REALLY GOOD TREES. I

[21:06] OW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO PAY

[21:09] $30 VERSUS $300 AND THAT'S A

[21:16] FINANCIAL STRAIN WHEN YOU WANT

[21:17] TO BUY A TREE. I WANT TO SAY

[21:20] THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE

[21:21] WORK YOU HAVE DONE AND YOU

[21:23] CONTINUE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THE

[21:24] NORTH SIDE IN PARTICULAR IS A

[21:26] PART OF THIS WORK AND I ALSO

[21:28] WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR WHAT

[21:29] YOU'RE DOING WITH THE YOUNG

[21:35] PEOPLE. I HAVE SEEN THEM OUT AND

[21:39] THEY'RE REALLY EDUCATED ABOUT

[21:41] TREES THAT. WE NEED OUR YOUNG

[21:43] PEOPLE TO BE INVESTED AND

[21:44] INFORMED ON HOW THIS IS DONE.

[21:46] THEY INSPIRE US AND THANK YOU SO

[21:47] MUCH FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE.

[21:49] >> THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

[21:50] » THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

[21:50] >> AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUT

[21:52] » AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUT

[21:52] MYSELF ON QUEUE. THANKS SYDNEY

[21:55] TO YOU AND THE STAFF FOR THIS

[21:57] PRESENTATION. IT'S REALLY

[21:58] HELPFUL AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE

[22:00] IT. LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW,

[22:01] I'M THANKFUL FOR THE WORK DONE

[22:05] ON THE PROGRAM. IT'S AN ISSUE

[22:06] TH REALLY HAS IMPACTED SO MANY

[22:09] RESIDENTS AND THAT PRICE TAG

[22:12] REALLY CAN DISPLACE MANY OF OUR

[22:14] COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO STRUGGLE

[22:15] TO PAY THAT BILL. SO I AM VERY

[22:17] PROUD OF THAT WORK THAT STAFF

[22:19] HAS REALLY DONE TO HELP FAMILIES

[22:21] STAY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND

[22:24] ALSO HAVING A HEALTHY

[22:25] NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M THANKFUL FOR

[22:26] THAT. I ALSO WANTE TO ASK ONE

[22:31] QUESTION ABOUT THE TREE

[22:32] ESERVATION ORDINANCE. I THINK

[22:33] YOU SAID THERE HAS BEEN

[22:35] ENGAGEMENT WITH A FEW FOLKS. ONE

[22:36] OF MY QUESTIONS WOULD BE I AM

[22:41] EXCITED ABOUT THAT WORK AND

[22:42] BASED ON THE PRESENTATION I AM

[22:43] HEARING, MAKING SURE WE CAN

[22:45] PRESERVE TREES AND NOT HINDER

[22:47] DEVELOPMENT. I THINK WE CAN DO

[22:48] BOTH. MY QUESTION IS WHA ARE

[22:49] SOME OF THE COMMENTS OR FOLKS

[22:51] SAYING IN THE ENGAGENT?

[22:53] >> YES, THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ.

[22:56] » YES, THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ.

[22:56] SO, I THINK YOU KNOW, IT'S

[22:57] INTE

[22:59] SPLIT BETWEEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS

[23:00] AND THE PROFESSIONALS. IT

[23:02] DEFINITELY VARIED A LOT. I THINK

[23:04] FROM A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS

[23:05] WHAT THEY'RE WANNG TO SEE IS

[23:07] PRETTY STRICT PROTECTIONS, VERY

[23:10] STRICT REQUIREMENTS TO TRY TO

[23:12] LIMIT TREE REMOVAL AS MUCH AS

[23:14] POSSIBLE AND THEN REALLY

[23:17] EMPHASIZEF PRESERVING TREES IS

[23:20] NOT POSSIBLE, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE

[23:21] HAVING STRICT REQUIREMENTS OF

[23:23] REPLEMENT TREE PLANTING. THEN

[23:24] WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE

[23:26] OTHER SIDE, THE DEVELOPERS,HE

[23:28] BUILDERS, I KNOW THAT CPED HAS

[23:30] BEEN MAKING A LOT OF EFFOR TO

[23:33] REDUCE BARRIERS IN THE

[23:35] PERMITTING PROCESS AND TRYING

[23:35] NOT TO MAKE THINGS UNNECESSARILY

[23:38] COMPLICATED, AND WE ARE IN A

[23:39] FORTUNATE PLACE IN A LOT OF WAYS

[23:41] THAT WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF

[23:44] RESEARCH, AS WELL AS OTHER

[23:45] CITIES ARE DOING FOR THEIR TREE

[23:46] PRESERVATION ORDINANCES. WE HAD

[23:48] CONVERSATIONS WIT SEVER METRO

[23:49] EA CITIES, BUT ALSO BOSTON AND

[23:53] A

[23:57] REALLY GRE ONE. SO WE'RE

[23:59] LEARNING ABOUT THOSE COMPROMISES

[24:00] THEY LEARNED ALONG THE WAY, HOW

[24:01] TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ORDINANCES

[24:04] ARE CLEAR AND SIMPLE AND I

[24:06] DOESN'T ALWAYS REQUIRE A PHONE

[24:08] CALL TO A CITY OFFICE TO ANSWER

[24:10] THE QSTIONS AND THAT PEOPLE

[24:11] ARE ABLE TO BE MORE

[24:12] SELF-SUFFICIENT IN APPLYING FOR

[24:13] THE PERMIT, UNDERSTANDING WHAT

[24:15] NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND THAT THERE

[24:16] IS SOME FLEXIBILITY IN WHAT

[24:18] TYPES OF TREES A PROTECTED. WE

[24:20] DON'T NEED TO BE PROTECTING

[24:22] INVASIVE TREES ORREES THAT

[24:23] AREN'T IN GOOD SHAPE. THAT WAS

[24:25] THE COMMON SENTIMENT WE HEARD.

[24:27] >> PERFECT, THANK YOU. THANKS

[24:28] » PERFECT, THANK YOU. THANKS

[24:28] FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANKS

[24:29] TO STAFF FOR ALL THEIR WORK.

[24:31] >>HANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK

[24:32] » HANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK

[24:32] YOU ALL.

[24:33] >> ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES NO ONE

[24:35] » ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES NO ONE

[24:35] ELSE IS IN QUEUE, SO SEEING NO

[24:37] FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL ASK

[24:38] THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE

[24:39] THAT REPORT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS

[24:42] RECEIVING A PRESENTATION ABOUT

[24:43] THE MINNEAPOLIS TREE ADVISORY

[24:45] COMMISSION. I WILL ASK FOLKS TO

[24:47] COME PRESENT THAT. WELCOME.

[24:55] THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

[25:05] >> GOO AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR

[25:06] » GOO AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR

[25:06] HAVING ME. MY NAME IS.

[25:11] >> GISEPPI, AND SILTING NEXT TO

[25:16] » GISEPPI, AND SILTING NEXT TO

[25:16] ME IS CO-CHAIR KEEN, SOE'RE

[25:18] HERE TO PRESENT THE ANNUAL

[25:20] REPORT THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE

[25:22] CITY, TO THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK

[25:25] BOARD. WE WILL PRESENT IT TO YOU

[25:26] GUYS AND WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AT

[25:27] THE END.

[25:28] >> THANK YOU.

[25:29] » THANK YOU.

[25:29] >> SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE

[25:31] » SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE

[25:31] MINNEAPOLIS TREE ADVISORY

[25:33] COMMISSION.

[25:33] >> IF YOU CAN GET CLOSER TO THE

[25:35] » IF YOU CAN GET CLOSER TO THE

[25:35] MIC, THAT WLD BE GREAT.

[25:36] >> WE WERE CREATE IN 2004

[25:38] » WE WERE CREATE IN 2004

[25:38] BETWEEN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS

[25:39] AND THE PARK BOA TO ENHANCE

[25:42] THE URBAN FOREST AND TO BE PART

[25:45] OF MAKING SURE THAT THE URBAN

[25:47] FOREST IS PRESERVE AS WELL AS

[25:50] EXPANDED. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE

[25:52] AGEN, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHY

[25:54] TREES MATTER, SOME OF THE

[25:56] ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THE PARK

[25:57] BOARD SIDE, SOME OF THE

[25:58] CHALLENGES AND THREATS WE HAVE

[26:00] RECOGNIZED, AS WELL AS SOME OF

[26:02] OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. BHIE TREES

[26:04] MATTER, I THINK SYDNEYID A

[26:06] FANTASTIC JOB TALKING ABOUT WHY

[26:08] TREES MATTER. I WON'T DELVE INTO

[26:10] THIS TOO MUCH. THEY MITIGATE THE

[26:14] DELIVER SOCIOECONOMIC BENEFITS,

[26:16] AND THEY ALSO CONTRIBUTEO

[26:18] PUBLIC HEALTH. IN TERMS OF HOW

[26:21] WE FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE, TREES

[26:23] ARE A BIG PART OF IT. THEY COOL

[26:26] THE CI, NOT JUST THROUGH

[26:30] SHADE, BUT THROUGH TRANCE

[26:34] EVAPORATION. I DON'T KNOW IF

[26:36] ANYONE LIKES SITTING UNDER THE

[26:39] SUNLIGHT, BUT I THINK PEOPLE

[26:41] FEEL BETTER UNDER A SHADE TREE,

[26:43] THEY IMPROVEIR QUALITY, AND

[26:45] THEY MITIGATE THE WATER RUNOFF,

[26:50] IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS WITH A LOT

[26:51] OF CONCRETE. IT BEAUTIFIES THE

[26:55] CITY, IT GETS PEOPLE TO WANT TO

[26:57] BE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I

[26:59] DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE FLOWN

[27:00] INTO MAJOR CITIES, BUT IT'S VERY

[27:02] APPARENT THAT THE CITY OF

[27:04] MINNEAPOLIS IS VERY GREEN IN THE

[27:06] GROWING SEASON COMPARED TO

[27:07] FLYING INTO SOME OTHER CITIES.

[27:11] THE CANOPY IMPROVES PROPERTY

[27:13] VALUES, MAKES PEOPLE FEEL BETTER

[27:15] ABOUT BEING IN THE CITY, AND IT

[27:17] PROTECTS INFRASTRUCTURE. SHADE

[27:19] PROTECTS FROM U.V. EXPOSURE, AS

[27:21] WELL AS HEAT DAMAGE PROVIDED

[27:22] FROM THE SUN. THEY ALSO

[27:25] CONTRIBUTE TO PUBLIC HEALTH. I

[27:27] THINK EVERYONE HERE HAS A VESTED

[27:29] INTEREST IN IMPROVING PUBLIC

[27:31] HEALTH. TREES ARE ASSOCIATED

[27:33] WITH REDUCING BLOOD PRESSURE. I

[27:36] KNOW THAT MOST PEOPLE LIKE

[27:38] SITTING UNDER A SHADE TREES I

[27:40] MENTIONED BEFORE, THEY PROVIDE A

[27:41] CALMING EFFECT, AND I THINK A

[27:43] LOT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS LIKE

[27:46] SITTING IN A PARK THAT IS SHADED

[27:48] VERSUS A BRIGHT SUNNY COOKED

[27:51] LAWN. MAYBE I AM BIAS. WE ALSO

[27:57] RECOGNIZE THAT THE URBAN CANOPY

[27:59] IS NOT THE ONLY PART OF THE --

[28:04] THE URBAN CANOPY THAT THE PARK

[28:05] BOARD MANAGES IS NOT THE MAJOR

[28:07] PART OF THE CANOPY. I THINK

[28:10] SYDNEY IS DOING A GREAT JOB.

[28:11] SYDNEY AND THE CITY TREES

[28:13] PROGR

[28:15] 70% OF THE URBAN CANOPY BY

[28:18] REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND

[28:20] MAKING SURE THAT THE TREES IN

[28:23] THEIR PURVIEW ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

[28:25] SO, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE

[28:29] ACCOMPLISHMENTS? THE PARK BOARD

[28:30] AND THE CITY TREES PROGRAM HAS

[28:31] BEEN GROWING THE CANOPY. WE HAVE

[28:34] A NEW DIRECTOR OF FORESTR THAT

[28:35] HAS BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.

[28:36] WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE

[28:39] ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CITY TREES

[28:40] PROGRAM. I PROMISE I AM GOING TO

[28:41] BE GUSHING OVER THE CITY TREES

[28:44] PROGRAM. THEY DID NOT PREPARE ME

[28:47] BEFOREHAND. I WAS GOING TO GUSH

[28:49] OVER THEM EVEN WITHOUT THEM

[28:51] BEING HERE. SO CO-CHAIR

[28:55] STEVENSON, A LITTLE BIT MORE TO

[28:57] ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABO

[28:58] DIVERSITY AND THE SPECIES OF

[29:00] TREES, THE PARK BOARD RECOGNIZES

[29:01] THAT MONO CULTURE IS DANGEROUS

[29:03] WHEN IT COMES TO PESTS OR

[29:05] DISEASE, SO THE PARK BOARD HAS

[29:07] DONE A FANTASTIC JOB ADDING

[29:09] DIVERSITY OF TREES TO MANAGE

[29:12] THOSE PESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

[29:14] SO PLANTING FUTURE-PROOF TREES

[29:16] IS A BIG PART OF THE PLAN FROM

[29:19] THE PARK BOARD. 8,000 TREES HAVE

[29:25] BEEN PLANTED BY T PARK BOARD

[29:29] IN 2026. LIKE I SAID, DIVERSITY

[29:31] HAS BEEN AMAN -- A MAJOR PART OF

[29:35] IT AND WE GENERATED $100,000 VIA

[29:41] THE CARBON CREDIT OFFSET

[29:44] PROGRAM. AGAIN, GUSHING OVER THE

[29:45] CITY TREES PROGRAM, SYDNEY TOLD

[29:48] YOU WHAT THEY DO, AND WE THINK

[29:50] IT'S FANTASTIC, AND WE WANT TO

[29:53] SEE THE WORK CONTINUE. CITY

[29:55] TREES IS DOING A GREAT JOB. THEY

[29:57] ALSO SELECTED A NEW DIRECTOR OF

[30:00] FORESTRY, CHRIS McMASTER HAS

[30:02] BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.

[30:03] WE'RE HAPPY WITH HIS LEVEL OF

[30:07] ENGAGEMENT AND WE WANT TO SEE

[30:09] THAT CONTINUE. CITY TREES

[30:12] ENGAGEMENT AGAIN, I WAS NOT -- I

[30:14] AM NOT GUSHING OVER THIS BECAUSE

[30:16] I'M COACHED INTO GUSHING OVER

[30:17] THE CITY TREES PROGRAM, BUT WE

[30:19] REALLY LIKE WHAT THE TREE

[30:21] AMBASSADOR PROGRAM HAS BEEN

[30:22] DOING. WE HAVE BEEN PART OF THE

[30:26] TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE

[30:28] COMMENTS. THE COMMUNITY LEVEL

[30:30] ENGAGEMENT AND THE WORKSHOPS

[30:31] THAT WE HAVE SEEN GOING ON HAS

[30:33] BEEN FANTASTIC. AGAIN, WE'RE

[30:36] VERY HAPPY WITH CITY TREES.

[30:38] CHA

[30:40] THE STUFF THAT NO ONE WANTS TO

[30:41] TALK ABOUT BUT WE'LL BRING IT UP

[30:44] ANY WAY. THE FUNDING HAS NOT

[30:45] BEEN THE MOST RELIABLE FOR

[30:47] PLANTI TREES IN THE BOULEVARD,

[30:48] THE CANOPY IS UNDER CONSTANT

[30:51] THREAT, AND NOT ONLY IS THE PARK

[30:53] BOARD CANOPY UNDER THREAT, THE

[30:56] CITIZEN CANOPY IS UNDER THREAT.

[30:57] WE RECOGNIZE THAT AND WE WANT TO

[30:58] TALK ABOUT IT. SO,HE PARK

[31:01] BOARD ITSELF, ONE OF THE GOALS

[31:03] OF THE PARK BOARD ISO PLANT 2

[31:05] TREES FOR EVERY TREE REMOVED AND

[31:07] THAT IS A GOAL. THA REQUIRES

[31:09] ABOUT IS MILLION DOLLARS IN

[31:12] ANNUAL BGET TO PLANT AROUND 10

[31:16] THOUSAND TREES A YEAR. THE PARK

[31:19] BOARD HAS THE STAFFING,

[31:21] INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO THAT, BUT

[31:23] THEY NEED THE $1 MILLION A YEAR

[31:26] TO PLANT THOSE 10,000 TREES.

[31:29] FUNDING IS NOT PERMANENT, SO

[31:31] WHAT THE PARK BOARD AND THE

[31:32] FORESTRY DEPARTMENT IS FORCED TO

[31:34] DO IS FIND FUNDING ON THEIR OWN.

[31:36] SO, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY SPEND

[31:39] TIME FINDING FUNDING INSTEAD OF

[31:40] TIME SPENT TAKING CARE OF THE

[31:42] TREES AND MAKING SURE THAT THE

[31:43] INVESTMENT IN THE TREES AND THE

[31:47] COST OF PLANTING THE TREES IS

[31:49] NOT THEIR MAIN FOCUS. SO WE'RE

[31:51] ALMOST LOSING MONEY HAVING TO

[31:53] SEARCH FOR MONEY TO PLANT THE

[31:54] TREES INSTEAD OF TING CARE OF

[31:55] THE TREES. THE MANAGED CANOPY IS

[32:00] UNDER THREAT. THE URBAN

[32:01] ENVIRONMENT IS A TOUGH

[32:02] ENVIRONMENT. TREES GET BEATP

[32:04] BECAUSE THEY EXIST. THEY EXIST

[32:06] AMONG PEOPLE AND WE RECOGNIZE

[32:08] THAT. TREES ALSO, AS HAS BEEN

[32:12] DISCUSSED IN THE CITY TREES

[32:15] PRESENTATION, DEVELOPMENT IS A

[32:16] PART OF THE CITY. WE RECOGNIZE

[32:19] THAT, WE SUPPORT IT, WE WANT TO

[32:23] MENTION THAT DEVELOPMENT AND

[32:25] TREES CAN COEXIST AND IT'S A BIG

[32:29] PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO

[32:30] PUSH FOR. SO WE DON'T WANT TO

[32:32] SEE DEVELOPMENT COME IN THROUGH

[32:33] A CITY AND CLEAR CUT TREES

[32:37] INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY TAKING INTO

[32:38] ACCOUNT THE DESIGN WITH TREES

[32:42] INCLUDED. CURRENT STAFFING,

[32:44] STRUGGLES TO MANAGE THE INVASIVE

[32:47] SPECIES IN NATURAL AREAS AND WE

[32:48] ALSO RECOGNIZE CLIMATE CHANGE IS

[32:50] A BIG DEAL THAT WE NEED TO WORK,

[32:55] I GUESS AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

[32:56] AND MAKE SURE THAT TREES ARE

[32:57] PLANTED THAT RECOGNIZE THE

[33:00] FUTURE CLIMATE THAT WE HAVE IN

[33:01] THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THE

[33:05] PRIVATE URBAN FOREST IS

[33:07] CHALLENGED ASYDNEY AND THE

[33:09] CITY TREES STAFF HAS MENTIONED.

[33:13] PESTS, INVASIVE SPECIES, CLIMATE

[33:15] CHANGE, THESE ARE ALL CHALLENGES

[33:16] THAT T PUBLIC FACES. THE

[33:22] EDUCATION PORTION AND

[33:23] UNDERSTANDING THE BENEFITS OF

[33:24] TREES VERSUS THE COST OF A TREE,

[33:28] IT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A

[33:29] CHALLENGE. PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING

[33:30] TO BE FOCUSING ON TREES IN THEIR

[33:32] YARD WHEN THEY ARE FOCUSED ON

[33:33] KING SURE THAT THEY CAN MAKE

[33:35] ENDS MEET. SO IT IS UP TO THE

[33:37] PARK BOA AND THE CITY TREES

[33:39] PROGRAM AND THE CITY TO EDUCATE

[33:41] THE PLIC ON THE BENEFITS OF

[33:43] TREES AND TO HELP THEM ENJOY

[33:46] OSE BENEFITS. SO, WHAT ARE OUR

[33:51] RECOMMENDATIONS? WE TRY TO KEEP

[33:52] IT PRETTY SIMPLE. WE WANT TO SEE

[33:54] THE URBAN CANOPY BE FUNDED. WE

[33:58] WANT TO SEE PROTECTION FOR THE

[33:59] URBAN CANOPY. WE ALSO WANT TO

[34:02] EXPAND THE URBAN CANOPY WITH THE

[34:04] HELP OF PRIVATE CITIZENS. WHAT

[34:05] DOES THAT MEAN? WE WAN TO SEE

[34:08] PERMANENT FUNDING FOR THE 2-1

[34:12] REPLACEMENT TREE GOAL THAT THE

[34:13] PARK BOARD HAS. WE WANT TO MAKE

[34:16] SURE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS

[34:20] ALIGNED WITH THE PARK BOARD'S

[34:23] GOALS AND IF THAT CAN'T BE DONE,

[34:26] ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE

[34:27] HAVE FOR THE PARK BOARD IS TO

[34:29] ESTABLISH A GRANT WRITER FOR THE

[34:32] PARK BOARD TO WORK IN THE

[34:33] DIVIS

[34:36] STEWARDSHIP. WE AO WANT TO SEE

[34:38] BETTER PROTECTIONS FOR THE URBAN

[34:41] FOREST. WE WANT TO HAVE BETTER

[34:45] COLLABORATION WITH ANY

[34:46] ORGANIZATION THAT IS GOING TO BE

[34:48] DEVELOPING IN THE CITY, TAKING

[34:50] INTO CONSIDERATION THE TREES WE

[34:52] HAVE, AND WORK TOWARDS A

[34:54] SOLUTION THAT INCLUDES

[34:58] SIGNIFICANT TREES WHILE BUILDING

[35:00] URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE. WE WANT TO

[35:05] ALSO DEFINE MPRB'S ROLE IN

[35:14] SUPPORTING ECOSYSTEMS IN NATURAL

[35:15] AREAS A WE SUPPORT THE TREE

[35:17] PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. AGAIN, I

[35:18] CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH, THE CITY

[35:20] TREES PROGRAM, WE WANT TO SEE

[35:23] CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT AND GROWTH

[35:25] THROUGH THE CITY'S TREE PROGRAM.

[35:27] WE WANT TO SEE CONTINUED

[35:29] ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC IN

[35:32] EDUCATING THEM AND MAKING SURE

[35:33] THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING

[35:35] TO THE TREES ON THEIR BOULEVARD,

[35:37] AS WELL AS THE TREES IN THEIR

[35:39] YARD, AND WE WANT TO SEE

[35:42] CONTINUED PURSUIT OF RESOURCES

[35:46] FOR DISEASED TREE REMOVALS AND

[35:49] REPLACEMENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

[35:50] BEFORE I GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE,

[35:53] WHICH I THINK IS FOR QUESTIONS,

[35:54] I DO WANT TO YIELD THE FLOOR TO

[35:58] CO-CHAIR KEEN AS HE HAS A FEW

[35:59] COMMENTS AS WELL.

[36:02] >> WELCOME.

[36:03] » WELCOME.

[36:03] >> THANK YOU. TIM KEEN, I AM A

[36:09] » THANK YOU. TIM KEEN, I AM A

[36:09] LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE CITY, I

[36:10] GREW UP IN WARD 10. I LIVE IN

[36:13] WARD 11. IT IS MY HONOR TO SERVE

[36:15] ON THE MINNEAPOLIS TREE ADVISORY

[36:19] COMMISSION. WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD

[36:22] AND CURRENTLY A VERY ROBUST

[36:25] ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE

[36:28] POLI THAT GUIDE OUR DECISIONS.

[36:32] WE CANNOT MEET THESE POLICY

[36:36] OBJECTES WITHOUT VERY CLOSE

[36:39] ATTENTION TO OUR URBAN TREE

[36:41] CANOPY, BOTH THE PRESERVATION

[36:43] AND REBUILDING IT ON A

[36:44] CONTINUOUS BASIS. WE KNOW THAT A

[36:49] SHADIER, COOLER, FORESTED URBAN

[36:51] SPACE IS HEALTHIER, SAFER,

[36:53] BETTER FOR US ALL. I HAVE TWO

[36:58] REQUESTS OF THIS BODY. AS WE

[37:03] CONTINUE THE WORK BOTH WITH CITY

[37:06] URBAN FORESTRY A THE TREE

[37:07] COMMISSION ON BEHALF OF THE PARK

[37:12] BOARD IS TO PUT THOSE FUNDING

[37:14] PRIORITIES IN ALIMENT WITH OUR

[37:17] ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE

[37:19] PRIORITIES. WE NEED TO ME

[37:21] INVESTMENTS IN THE URBAN

[37:26] FORESTRY CONTINUOUSLY. THIS IS

[37:28] NOT A SINGLE PROJECT EFFORT.

[37:31] IT'S A WAY OF INKING. IT'S A

[37:33] WAY OF IMPLEMENTING OUR WAY OF

[37:35] LIFE. NUMBER TWO, AS YOU

[37:40] CONSIDER PUBLIC PROJECTS, PUBLIC

[37:43] TAXPAYER SUPPORTED PROJECTS THAT

[37:44] COME THROUGH YOUR COMMITTEE FOR

[37:47] APPROVAL, WHETHER IT'S THE MET

[37:49] COUNCIL, HENNEPIN COUNTY, MnDOT,

[37:52] PARK BOARD, SCHOOL DISTRICT, ASK

[37:55] THE QUESTIONS. WHAT ARE WE DOING

[37:58] TO PRESERVE OUR URBAN TREE

[38:00] CANOPY? HOW IS THIS PROJECT

[38:01] GOING TO FURTHER OUR URBAN

[38:05] FORESTRY? LEAN IN, PLEASE LEAN

[38:07] IN. MAKE THE POLICYMAKERS THE

[38:09] PEOPLE THAT ARE SPENDING THESE

[38:12] PRIORITIES, HAVE THEM CASH IN

[38:18] ALIGNMENT WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL

[38:20] AND CLIMATE CHANGE OBJECTIVES.

[38:25] THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I

[38:27] APPRECIATEOUR ATTENTION TO OUR

[38:29] URBAN TREE CANOPY.

[38:30] >> YEAH, THANK YOU BOTH FOR

[38:32] » YEAH, THANK YOU BOTH FOR

[38:32] JOININ US ON THIS PRESENTATION.

[38:33] I WILL FIRST PASS IT TO VICE

[38:37] CHAIR STEVENSON.

[38:38] >> THANK YOU, GREAT

[38:39] » THANK YOU, GREAT

[38:39] PRESENTATION. I HEAR SO OFTEN

[38:41] ABOUT OUR STREET TREE CANOPY AND

[38:42] PEOPLE LOVE IT, PEOPLE WANT IT

[38:43] TO IMPROVE. I APPRECIAT YOU AND

[38:45] YOUR TEAM FOR TAKING ON THAT

[38:47] EFFORT AND REALLY ADVOCATIN FOR

[38:50] OUR STREET TREES. JUST FOR

[38:58] CONSTITUENTS, SO I CAN TELL THEM

[39:00] WHEN THEY COME TO PLANT A TREE

[39:01] AND THEY DIED, WHAT IS THE

[39:04] SURVIVAL RATE OF THE TREES YOU

[39:05] PLANT.

[39:06] >> THE AFTERNOON LIFE SPAN FOR A

[39:07] » THE AFTERNOON LIFE SPAN FOR A

[39:07] TREE ON THE BOULEVARD IS 20

[39:08] YEARS OR LESS.

[39:10] >> SO IT'S A VERY TOUGH

[39:11] » SO IT'S A VERY TOUGH

[39:11] ENVIRONMENT FOR TREES ANDHE

[39:15] FIRST 1 TO 5 YEARS IS THE

[39:17] CRITICAL TIME FOR TREES TO

[39:19] ESTABLISH THEMSELVES.

[39:20] >> YES, IT TAKES TWO TO THREE

[39:24] » YES, IT TAKES TWO TO THREE

[39:24] YEARS FOR A STRESSED TREE TO

[39:25] SHOW EVIDENCE OF THAT STRESS. IF

[39:26] WE HAVE A DROUGHT YEAR AND YOU

[39:28] DON'T WATER THAT TREE THAT FIRST

[39:30] YEAR, IT COULD TAKE UP TO THREE

[39:32] YEARS FORHAT TREE TO DIE. WE

[39:34] WILL HAVE A DROUGHT YEAR, TWO

[39:37] WET YEARS, AND THE TREE STILL

[39:38] DIES AND PEOPLE WONDER WHAT

[39:40] HAPPENED. SO ONE TO FIVE YEARS

[39:42] IS THE MOST CRITICAL AND AFTER

[39:44] THAT, TRIMMIN A TREE, AND

[39:47] PRUNING THE TREE TO MAKE SURE

[39:50] ITS WEIGHT IS APPROPRIATE FOR

[39:52] THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH AND THE

[39:53] AMOUNT OF DIRT IT'S IN IS

[39:55] CRITICAL. TREES NEED

[39:57] MAINTENANC ESPECIALLY FOR

[40:00] THEIR FIRST 10 YEARS. IF YOU

[40:01] DON'T PNE THAT TREE PROPERLY,

[40:04] BY YEAR0, THEN AT YEAR 15, YOU

[40:07] ARE GOING TO LOSE THE TE IN A

[40:09] WIND STORM AND WONDER WHAT

[40:12] HAPPENED. IT'S TOO HEAVY FOR THE

[40:13] CANOPY AND THE STRUCTURE WAS NOT

[40:15] APPROPRIATE FOR THE LOCATION.

[40:16] THERE ARE A LOT OF

[40:18] CONSIDERATIONS THAT NEED TO BE

[40:20] TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN PLANTING

[40:21] A TREE, SELECTING THE LOCATION,

[40:22] AND MAINTAING THE TREE FOR

[40:24] THAT ENVIRONMENT.

[40:25] >> OKAY. THANK YOU THAT IS

[40:26] » OKAY. THANK YOU THAT IS

[40:26] REALLY HELPFUL. THAT IS WAY MORE

[40:29] DETAILED THAN I WAS EXPECTING SO

[40:30] I APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE SE

[40:32] CONSTITUENTS REACHING OUT ABOUT

[40:37] GINGKO TREES. WHAT'S THE

[40:40] RATIONAL?

[40:42] >>IVERSITY IS THE PRIMARY

[40:43] » IVERSITY IS THE PRIMARY

[40:43] RATIONAL. SOMEONE WILL HAVEO

[40:44] CORRECT ME BUT THERE ARE TWO

[40:47] GENDERS TO THE TREES, A MALE AND

[40:48] A FEMALE. I BELIEVE THE FEMALE

[40:52] WILL BE THE ONE THAT HAS THE

[40:53] FRUIT BEARING, THAT HAS A

[40:55] CERTAIN NOT PLEASANT AFTER

[40:59] EFFECT, I WILL SAY. GINGKOS WILL

[41:03] SOMETIMES CHANGE GENDER. THE

[41:05] LE TREES WILL PRIMARILY BE

[41:08] PLANTED IN THAT METHODOLOGY AND

[41:10] TH CAN CHANGE. SO,

[41:12] FORTUNATELY IT'S A SIDE EFFECT

[41:15] OF GINGKOS IN AND OF THEMSELVES.

[41:18] UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE GET

[41:20] FRUSTRATED IF THOSE TREES START

[41:23] DROPPING FRUIT.

[41:25] >>OKAY. YEAH, IN YOUR PROGRAM,

[41:28] » OKAY. YEAH, IN YOUR PROGRAM,

[41:28] DO YOU ALSO HAVE SPECIFIC

[41:30] THGHTS OR POLIES AROUND THE

[41:33] SPECIES, NATIVE VERSUS CLIMATE

[41:36] ADAPTED?

[41:36] >> I THINK SYDNEY PRETTY MUCH

[41:39] » I THINK SYDNEY PRETTY MUCH

[41:39] TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH.

[41:41] WE PLANT FOR THE URBAN

[41:42] ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS FOR ALL

[41:45] INTENTS AND PURPOSES, THE URBAN

[41:47] ENVIRONMENT IS NOT NATI. YOU

[41:48] HAVE TO CONSIDER WHERE THE TREES

[41:50] ARE. YOU WANT TO PLANT FOR

[41:52] NATIVE POLLINATORS AND THE

[41:54] ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU ARE IN, OF

[41:56] COURSE. YOU ALSO HAVE TO

[41:57] RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S A TOUGHER

[41:59] ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

[42:00] IS REAL, SO WE PLANT APPROPRIATE

[42:05] TREES FOR THE NEXT 20 TO 30

[42:07] YEARS, AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE

[42:10] TREES CAN HANDLE A WARMER

[42:11] ENVIRONMENT.

[42:12] >> OKAY. SO WHEN IT COMES TO

[42:15] » OKAY. SO WHEN IT COMES TO

[42:15] GINGKOS, ARE THEY NOT NATIVE

[42:17] TREE?

[42:17] >> THEY'RE NOT NATIV TO THIS

[42:19] » THEY'RE NOT NATIV TO THIS

[42:19] ENVIRONMENT, THAT IS CORRECT.

[42:20] THEY'RE A HEARTY SPECIES AND

[42:22] THEY CAN SURVIVE TOUGH URBAN

[42:24] ENVIRONMENTS, THE SALTY SOIL

[42:26] THAT ENDS UP HAPPENING ON

[42:27] BOULEVARDS. SO THEY ARE

[42:28] RECOGNIZED AS A GOOD BOULEVARD

[42:31] STREET TREE. THEY WILL NOT

[42:33] CONTRIBUTE TO THE NATIVENESS OF

[42:36] THIS ENVIRONMENT.

[42:37] >> OKAY, I AM GLAD TO HEAR YOU

[42:39] » OKAY, I AM GLAD TO HEAR YOU

[42:39] SAY THAT. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE

[42:41] BEEN TELLING PEOPLE. I AM GLAD

[42:43] TO HEAR THA IS TRUE FROM YOU.

[42:45] GREAT, THANK YOU.

[42:46] >> THANK YOU.

[42:47] » THANK YOU.

[42:47] >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, I

[42:50] » THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, I

[42:50] APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE A FEW

[42:52] QUESTIONS. O THE SLIDE THAT

[42:53] TALKS ABOUT UNRELIABLE FUNDING.

[42:56] DOOU KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY AND I

[42:58] CAN ASK STAFF ON A MEMO

[43:00] POTENTIALLY, IS IN THE BUDT

[43:02] ANNUALLY?

[43:02] >> I CAN'T ANSWER THAT WITH FULL

[43:05] » I CAN'T ANSWER THAT WITH FULL

[43:05] AUTHORITY, BUT I WILL SAY THAT

[43:06] THE FUNDING IS PROBABLY 50% TO

[43:11] 70% OF WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE EACH

[43:13] YEAR. THERE IS ALWAYS A GAP THAT

[43:16] THE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO

[43:19] FILL THROUGH GRANTS OR THE

[43:21] CARBON CREDIT OFFSET PROGRAM.

[43:22] >> I WILL ASK A FOLLOW UP, HOW

[43:24] » I WILL ASK A FOLLOW UP, HOW

[43:24] MUCH MONEY IS IN THE BUDGET AND

[43:25] IF IT'S SPLIT BETWEEN THEARK

[43:26] BOARD AND SOME OF IT IN THE

[43:30] CITY. I KNOW ITDEPENDS.

[43:31] >> YEAH,HAT'S SOMETHING I

[43:32] » YEAH,HAT'S SOMETHING I

[43:33] CAN'T ANSWER, SORRY.

[43:34] >> YEAH, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

[43:36] » YEAH, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

[43:36] THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, YOU

[43:37] PUT ON THE SLIDE SUPPORTING THE

[43:40] TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. I

[43:42] WELCOME AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU

[43:44] TO SHARE SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS.

[43:46] >> YEAH, THE PROCESS HAS BEEN

[43:47] » YEAH, THE PROCESS HAS BEEN

[43:47] VERY THOROUGH. I THINK -- I'M AN

[43:52] AVID CYCLIST. I BELIEVE TREES

[43:56] NEED TO BE PRESERVED BUT LIKE

[44:00] LANES ARE NECSARY TOO. I LIKE

[44:01] BIKE LANES UNDER THE SHADE. I

[44:03] WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEVELOPMENT

[44:05] TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SIGNIFICANT

[44:05] TREES TT PROVIDE NOT ONLY

[44:09] BENEFITS TO A QUALITY AND THE

[44:11] ECOSYSTEM, BUT SHADE FOR THE

[44:15] DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT IS IN

[44:17] PLACE. I THINK THE TREE

[44:19] PRESERVATION ORDINANCE IS DOING

[44:22] A GREAT JOB RECOGNIZING THE NEED

[44:25] FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT WHILE

[44:25] PRESERBING THE TREES. --

[44:29] PRESERVING THE TREES. I WILL SAY

[44:31] CUTTING DOWN A LARGE TREEND

[44:33] REPLACING ITITH 10 SMALLER

[44:34] TREES ISOT GOING TO BE A GREAT

[44:36] EQUIVALENT, BUT I KNOW THAT IS

[44:38] SOMETIMES THE NECESSARY SOLUTION

[44:41] TO REMOVING A TREE

[44:43] >> AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER

[44:45] » AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER

[44:45] FEEDBACK FROM THE ADVISORY

[44:48] COMMITTEE COMMISSION, THAT WOULD

[44:49] BE HELPFUL TOO. THE TIME LOOKS

[44:53] LIKE IT'S NEXT YEAR BUT THAT

[44:54] INFORMATION IS HELPFUL FOR US. I

[44:57] APPRECIATE IT. THE LAST THING I

[44:58] WILL SAY, YOU TALKED ABOUT

[45:00] COLLABORATION WITH AGENCIES,

[45:02] THAT POTENTIAL IMPACT. IS THAT

[45:03] IN RELATION TO PUTTING THAT IN

[45:05] AN ORDINANCE OR WHEN WE ARE

[45:06] THINKING OF PROJECTS IN GENERAL,

[45:08] LIKE A A PRACTICE, IT SHOULD

[45:11] JUST BE WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING,

[45:13] WHICH MAKES SENSE BUT I WANTED

[45:15] TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO

[45:16] ADD MOREDETAILS.

[45:17] >> TO ADD A SPECIFIC, YEAH, WE

[45:20] » TO ADD A SPECIFIC, YEAH, WE

[45:20] WANT TO SEE IF THERE I A

[45:22] CERTAIN -- WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO

[45:25] COMMENT ON DEVELOPNT PROJECTS

[45:26] IN THE BEGINNING BEFORE THEY GO

[45:28] DOWN A PATHF WELL, WE ALREADY

[45:30] APPROVED EVERYTHING, SO CAN YOU

[45:31] REVIEW THIS AND BE DONE WITH IT.

[45:33] WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE

[45:36] SOME CITY SANCTIONED SUBGROUPS

[45:39] THAT DO HAVE MORE INPUT AND WE

[45:43] WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED AS

[45:45] PART OF THAT PROCESS BECAUSE

[45:46] WE'RE A COMMISSION THAT WAS

[45:47] SANCTIONED BY NOT ONLY THE PARK

[45:50] BOARD BUT THE CITY OF

[45:54] MINNEAPOLIS.

[45:55] >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE,

[45:56] » THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE,

[45:56] HELPFUL INFORMATION. SEEING NO

[46:01] DISCUSSION, I WILL ASK THE CLERK

[46:02] TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT.

[46:04] THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

[46:05] >> THANK YOU.

[46:05] » THANK YOU.

[46:05] >> OUR NEXT ITEM IS RECEIVING A

[46:06] » OUR NEXT ITEM IS RECEIVING A

[46:06] PRESENTATION FROM THE POLICE

[46:07] DEPARTMENT RELATEDO A REPORT

[46:09] ON AFTER ACTION REVIEWS, I WILL

[46:14] ASK OFFICER BRYCE ROBINSON TO

[46:18] PRESENT. WELCOME.

[46:20] >> GOOD AFTERNOON. ALL RIGHT, MY

[46:29] » GOOD AFTERNOON. ALL RIGHT, MY

[46:29] NAME IS BRYCE ROBINSON. I AM

[46:31] GOING TO PRESENT ON THE AFTER

[46:36] ACTION. IF YOU WANT TO GO S

[46:39] STRAIGHT TO THE DASHBOARD. OUR

[46:40] UNIT WAS TASKE WITH TRACKING

[46:46] THE PROGRESS FROM THE AUDITOR,

[46:49] THE AUDIT REPORT. SO WHAT WE DID

[46:50] IS WE BROKE IT DOWN. THERE WAS

[46:54] 37 FINDINGS FROM THEREPORT.

[46:57] FROM THAT, THE MINNEAPOLIS

[46:59] POLICE CAME UP WITH 7 ACTION

[47:04] ITEMS, REFLECTED IN THE PIE

[47:05] CHART THERE. IN THE YELLOW,

[47:06] WE'RE IN PROGRESS OF WORKING ON

[47:08] 31 OF THOSE AND WE BELIEVE BASED

[47:09] ON WHAT WE REPORTED TO THE

[47:11] AUDITOR, THAT WE COMPLETED 6.

[47:15] THEY DO HAVE TO APPROVE THOSE

[47:17] FROM THERE. WE BROKE IT DOWN

[47:18] EVEN MORE BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE

[47:20] ACTION ITEMS HAVE MULTIPLE

[47:22] PIECES TO THEM. SO IN ALL

[47:25] REALITY, WE HAVE 89 ACTION

[47:30] ITEMS. FOR THE SAKE OF BREAKING

[47:31] IT DOWN FURTHER, WE BROKE IT

[47:33] DOWN INTO TWO DIFFERENT REPORTS,

[47:37] THE MOTURI-LUSSIER AUDIT. THE

[47:44] LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE, WE WERE

[47:45] ASKED TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE

[47:47] INFORMATION AND DATA ON THE

[47:48] RELEVANT RECOMMENDATIONS AND

[47:50] LESSONS LEARNED. PROPOSED

[47:53] CHANGES, PROPOSED CHANGES TO

[47:56] TRAINING, MPD STAFFING ISSU,

[47:59] AND 9-1-1 DISPATCH PROCEDURES

[48:03] AND ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.

[48:06] AUDIT, THERE ARE 15

[48:08] RECOMMENDATIONS, 3 WERE

[48:09] ASSOCIATED WITH POLICIES AND

[48:11] PROCEDURES. 3 WERE TRAINING

[48:13] PROTOCOLS. 4 INVOLVED STAFFING.

[48:17] TWO WERE ASSOCIATED WITH 9-1-1

[48:18] EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND DISPATCH.

[48:20] THREE WERE OTHER ISSUES. THE

[48:25] LUSSIER WAS 22 RECOMMENDATIONS,

[48:27] 5 LINKED TO POLICIES, 1 STAFFING

[48:33] RECOMMENDATION, 3 ASSOCIATED

[48:35] WITH 901 EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND

[48:37] 6 RECOMMENDATIONS UNR THE

[48:38] OTHER CATEGORY. SO OUR UNIT, WE

[48:42] BASICALLY HAD TO START AT 0. WE

[48:44] WERE GIVING THIS THE FINDINGS

[48:46] AND THE ACTIO ITEMS, SO WHAT WE

[48:48] STARTED DOING IS LAYING THE

[48:49] FOUNDATION TO ALL OF THIS. SO WE

[48:52] CREATED A SMART SHEET, THIS

[48:55] INTERNAL DOCUMENT TRACKING ALL

[48:56] THIS. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH

[48:59] THATWE CURRENTLY ARE WORKING

[49:00] THROUGH THOSE ITEMS AND SOME ARE

[49:02] COMPLICATED AND SOME ARE EASIER

[49:03] THAN OTHERS. SO SOME OF THE

[49:06] DEPARTMENTS IS THE CITY

[49:08] ATTORNEY, THE HENNEPIN

[49:10] ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE DOMESTIC

[49:12] ADVOCATES, CHIEF OF

[49:14] INVESTIGATIONS, THE TRAINING

[49:16] UNIT, AND THE CITY AUDITOR. SO

[49:18] NOW WE HAVE MONTHLY STANDING

[49:20] MEETINGS WITH THE CIT AUDITOR

[49:22] WHERE WE PRESENT WHAT WE'RE

[49:23] WORKING ON AND ALSO WE HAVE BEEN

[49:29] PRESENTING WHAT OUR PLANS ARE TO

[49:31] GET COMPLIANCE. WE THROW THE

[49:33] IDEA TOWDS THEM AND THEY COME

[49:34] BACK TO US SAYING THAT IS A GOOD

[49:36] IDEA, CONTINUE WITH THAT. THEY

[49:38] CAN SAY NO, WE DON'T THINK THAT

[49:39] IS GOING TO WORK. GO BACK AND

[49:41] FIGURE SOMETHING OUTrd E-- ELSE

[49:45] OUT. SO OUT OF THE ACTION ITEMS

[49:49] TOTAL, 4 AND 2, IN PROGRESS WE

[49:52] HAVE 11, AN20, WHICH ADDS UP

[49:56] TO 37. WE CONTINUE TO BREAK

[49:58] THOSE DOWN INTO DIFFERENT

[50:00] CATEGORIES, SOME INVOLVE

[50:01] DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SOME INVOLVE

[50:03] DATA AND TECHNOLOGY, AND

[50:06] INVESTIGATIONS IN GENERAL,

[50:09] PATROL OPERATIONS, SPECIALIZED

[50:10] UNITS, TRAINING, POLICY AND

[50:13] DEVELOPMENT, STAFFING, AND

[50:15] COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. DO YOU

[50:20] HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

[50:20] >> THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

[50:23] » THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

[50:23] I AM CHECKING TO SEE IF ANY OF

[50:25] MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

[50:27] OR COMMENTS. OTHERWISE, I CAN GO

[50:30] FIRST. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. I

[50:31] APPRECIATE IT. I CAN GO FIRST.

[50:38] SO MY QUESTION AND IF WE GO TO

[50:40] PAGE NUMBER 6, THE CATEGORIES. I

[50:45] AM TRYING TOEAD THIS A LITTLE

[50:47] BIT BETTER. THE CATEGORIES ARE

[50:48] SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT WERE

[50:50] IDENTIFIED IN THE AFTER ACTION

[50:54] REVIEW. THERE ARE DIFFERENT

[50:55] GOALS THAT NEED TO BE MET IN

[50:57] THOSE PARTICULAR CATEGORIES. THE

[51:00] ONES THAT WERE COMPLETED, IS

[51:02] THERE A WAY TO KNOW WHICH THEY

[51:03] ARE AND THE ONES IN PROGRESS,

[51:05] WHICH ONES ARE THOSE, I GUESS.

[51:13] >> SO MY IDEA IS TO EVENTUALLY

[51:15] » SO MY IDEA IS TO EVENTUALLY

[51:15] GET MORE THOROUGH AND REPORT

[51:16] OUT. I CAN GO OVER THE ITEMS

[51:18] THAT WE BELIEVE WE COMPLETED IF

[51:20] YOU LIKE.

[51:20] >> THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

[51:23] » THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

[51:23] >> SO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS

[51:24] » SO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS

[51:25] SET UP IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD

[51:27] MEDIATION PROGRAM, GETTING

[51:28] NEIGHBORS TO RESOLVE THEIR

[51:29] ISSUES AND SENDING PEOPLE OUT

[51:30] THERE TO MEDIATE. ANOTHER ONE OF

[51:37] THE ITEMS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT

[51:40] WE COMPLETED, IT'S A LITTLE MORE

[51:42] THOROUGH HERE, BUT I WILL JUST

[51:45] GIVE Y A BRIEF STATEMENT HERE.

[51:47] WE ARE HAVING OUR INSPECTORS

[51:51] REPORT ON LIKE CALLS FOR

[51:53] SERVICE. SO ANY KIND OF DELAY WE

[51:58] RESPONSE TIMES. SO THEY PULLED

[52:02] THE STATISTICS AND SAID THERE IS

[52:03] A CALL THAT STAYED PENDING FOR

[52:05] AN HOUR. WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR

[52:07] THAT? WE HAVE WEEKLY MEETINGS

[52:08] WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO IN FRONT

[52:10] OF THE COMMAND STAFF AND THE

[52:11] EXECUTIVE STAFF AND EXPLAIN WHY

[52:13] IT TOOK THAT OFFICER OR THAT

[52:14] CALL WAS PENDING FOR THAT LONG.

[52:16] SO IT HOLDS PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE

[52:18] AND ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS,

[52:21] WE'RE SEEING THAT OFFICERS ARE

[52:23] GETTING OUT AND RESPONDING

[52:24] QUICKER TO CALLS. ANOTHER ONE

[52:26] HERE WOULD BE WE CREATED A

[52:28] VIOLENT CRIMINAL APPREHENSION

[52:30] TEAM. SO WE USED TO HAVE O

[52:33] YEARS AGO AND WE BROUGHT IT BACK

[52:34] TO LOOK AND SEARCH FOR THOSE

[52:36] VIOLENT OFFENDERS. AGAIN, THERE

[52:39] IS ANOTHER ACTION ITEM HERE THAT

[52:43] THE VCAT TEAM WAS AN ACTION ITEM

[52:45] FOR. SO THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE

[52:47] THAT WE CHECKED OFF. THEN

[52:54] ANOTHER ONE WE HAVE HERE IS WE

[52:58] ASSIGNED ANY TIME THERE IS A

[53:02] HISTORY OF DESTIC VIOLENCE

[53:03] WITH ANY KIND OF DEATH, THE

[53:07] LIEUTENANT OF HOMICIDE ASSIGNS A

[53:08] TEAM TO STILL LOOK INTO THAT,

[53:10] THE CAUSE OF DEATH. THOSE ARE

[53:16] THE ACTION ITEMS.

[53:17] >> YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN

[53:19] » YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN

[53:19] MORE, SPECIFICALLY ON ONE OF THE

[53:20] LAST ONES YOU MENTIONED ABOUT,

[53:23] THE HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

[53:24] AND THE PROTOCOL FOR MPD, AND

[53:27] WHAT PARTICULAR CHAES WERE

[53:28] MADE TO THAT. THAT WOULD BE --

[53:32] THAT, THE FOLLOW UP WITH MY TO

[53:35] OFFICE WOULD BE IMPORTANT

[53:35] BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN

[53:36] MORE AUT THAT. THAT IS VERY

[53:38] IMPORTANT AND SOMETHING THAT WAS

[53:40] HIGHLIGHTED IN THE AFTER ACTION

[53:43] THAT REALLY MATTERS TO MY

[53:46] CONSTITUENTS. FOR ME, THANKS FOR

[53:48] BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION

[53:49] FORWARD TODAY. FOR THE NEXT ONE,

[53:51] I THINK SOMETHING THAT I WOULD

[53:52] LOVE TO SEE IS THE CATEGORY

[53:57] COMPONENT BRON DOWN INTO SOME

[53:58] OF THE GOALS THAT NEED TO BE

[54:00] MET, WHICH PARTICULAR ONES ARE

[54:02] COMPLETED, WHICH ONES ARE IN

[54:04] PROGRESS, THAT NEED TO BE TIMED

[54:07] OUT UNTIL PARTICULAR GOALS THAT

[54:10] NEED TO BE MET. IHINK THAT

[54:11] WOULD HELP THE PUBLIC TRACK SOME

[54:12] OF THESE GOALS AND IT WOULD BE

[54:14] REALLY HELPFUL. THAT WOULD BE

[54:15] FOR THE NEXT ONE, NOT FOR TODAY.

[54:17] JUST SHARING SOME THOUGHTS OF

[54:21] HOW WE CAN SHARE AND COMMUNICATE

[54:23] TO THE PUBLIC WIT SOME OF THESE

[54:25] THINGS.

[54:25] >> THANK YOU CHAIR.

[54:26] » THANK YOU CHAIR.

[54:26] >> I WILL PASS IT TO VICE CHAIR

[54:28] » I WILL PASS IT TO VICE CHAIR

[54:28] STEVENSON.

[54:28] >> THANK YOU, MY CMENTS ARE

[54:31] » THANK YOU, MY CMENTS ARE

[54:31] ALMOST ENTICAL. IT WOULD BE

[54:33] HELPFUL IN FUTURE PRESENTATIONS

[54:35] TO SEE NOT JUST THE NUMBER OF

[54:38] ACTION ITEMS BUT WHAT THOSE

[54:40] ACTION IMS ARE FOR BOTH

[54:42] COMPLETED AND IN PROGRESS. JUST

[54:44] AGAI TO REMIND US AND THE

[54:47] PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE, AND

[54:49] THENAYBE UNDERNEATH THERE A

[54:51] LITTLE DESCRIPTION ABOUT WHAT

[54:52] OUR NEXT STEPS ARE ON THOSE

[54:54] ACTION ITEMS. WE'RE REALLY

[54:56] INTERESTED IN SEEING THESE

[54:58] THINGS GET DONE. I KNOW YOU ARE

[54:59] AS WELL. SO WE WOULD JUST -- I

[55:02] THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL -- I

[55:03] WILL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, IT WOULD

[55:05] BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO SEE A, WHAT

[55:08] THEY ARE, AND B, WHAT YOUR NEXT

[55:10] STEPS ARE IN TERMS OF

[55:11] IMPLEMENTING THEM.

[55:12] >> THANK YOU, I ACTUALLY AGREE.

[55:15] » THANK YOU, I ACTUALLY AGREE.

[55:15] >> GREAT. OKAY. SEEING NONE

[55:19] » GREAT. OKAY. SEEING NONE

[55:19] ELSE IN QUEUE, THANK YOU SO MUCH

[55:20] FOR THE PRESENTATION, THANK YOU

[55:21] FOR BEING HERE. I WILL ASK THE

[55:23] CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT

[55:27] REPORT. OUR LAST ITEM, YES, OUR

[55:32] LAST ITEM IS A REPORT FROM THE

[55:34] LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH AND

[55:37] OVERSIGHT DEPARTMENT REGARDING

[55:38] POLICE RESPONSE TOUBLIC

[55:42] GATHERINGS. NICK, THERE YOU ARE.

[55:44] HI NICK.

[55:52] AS YOU SET UP, I'M NOT SURE

[55:55] COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, DO YOU

[55:55] WANT TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE

[55:57] BEGIN?

[55:58] >> AFTER.

[55:59] » AFTER.

[55:59] >> GREAT.

[56:12] » GREAT.

[56:12] >> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ALL SET UP

[56:14] » ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ALL SET UP

[56:14] HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR

[56:15] CHAVEZ AND MEMBERS OF THE

[56:16] COMMITTEE, MY NAME IS NICK

[56:19] BERKELEY. I'M HERE TO PRESENT A

[56:21] REPORT ON THE POLICE RESPONSE TO

[56:23] PUBLIC GATHERINGS. I AM GOING TO

[56:25] HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE RESEARCH

[56:27] POINTS CONDUCTED IN RESPONSE TO

[56:29] A STAFF DIRECTIVE TO PROVIDE

[56:30] BOTH THIS COMMITTEE AND THE

[56:31] COUNCIL WITH A BETTER

[56:33] UNDERSTANDING OF POLICE

[56:33] PRACTICES RELATED TO CROWD

[56:41] MANAGEMENT. POLICE RESPONSE TO

[56:43] PROTESTS AND OTHER PUBLIC

[56:45] DEMONSTRATIONS IN PRE-1970s

[56:47] AMERICA CAN BE BEST DCRIBED AS

[56:49] AN ERA OF ESCALATED FORCE.

[56:51] POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE

[56:53] CONTROLLING CROWDS, LESS THROUGH

[56:55] TACTICS SUCH AS POLICE LINES AND

[56:57] BARRICADES AND MORE WITH

[57:01] INPROPORTIONATE USEF FORCE

[57:02] SUCH AS FIRE HOSES, K-9s AND

[57:06] BATONS. SOME SHIFTED AWAY FROM

[57:08] HEAVY HANDED TECHNIQUES TO A

[57:10] NEGOTIATED MANAGEMENT MODEL,

[57:11] WHICH INVOLVED COMMUNICATION AND

[57:13] COORDINATION WITH PRESTERS TO

[57:15] ENSURE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND

[57:17] EXPRESSION COULD COEXIST WITH

[57:19] PUBLIC SAFETY INTEREST. DESPITE

[57:21] POLICE USING SOFTER TECHNIQUES

[57:22] CROWD CONTROL, THE

[57:24] INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE NATURE

[57:26] OF EVENTS IN THE 90s LED LAW

[57:28] ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO RETURN

[57:29] TO THE CONFRONTATIONAL TACTICS

[57:32] OF THE 1960s AND BEFORE.

[57:33] STARTING IN THE LATE 1990s AND

[57:36] THE NEXT 15 YEARS, A STRATEGY

[57:39] CALLED COMMAND AND CONTROL

[57:40] BECAME PREVALENT. THIS COMBINED

[57:43] FORCE WEERGING TECHNOLOGY, LAW

[57:46] ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WOULD

[57:47] DIVIDE CROWDS INTO SMALLER, MORE

[57:50] MANAGEABLE GROUPS, WHICH MANY IN

[57:54] THE PROFESSION BELIEVED TO BE

[57:56] THE INEVITABLE. THEY SAW A

[57:57] WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF LESS

[57:59] LETHAL WEAPONS, SUCH AS TEAR

[58:01] GAS, RUBBER BULLETS, PEPPER

[58:04] SPRAY, TASERS,ND IMPACT

[58:06] PROJECTILES KNOWN AS

[58:08] 40 MILLIMETERS ROUNDS OR BEAN

[58:09] BAGS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE

[58:11] INTRODUCTION OF LESS LETHAL

[58:13] TACTICS CREATED PHYSICAL AND

[58:14] EMOTIONAL SPACE BETWEEN OFFICERS

[58:15] IN THE COMMUNITY AND SHIFTED THE

[58:18] TAICS USED BY POLICE TOWARDS A

[58:21] MILITARIZED LOOK AND FEEL THAT

[58:22] D NOT MAKE EVENTS SAFER. FOR

[58:26] DECADES, IT WAS BELIEVED THAT

[58:28] BEING IN A CROWD MAKES PEOPLE

[58:30] LOSE THEIR INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY

[58:31] AND BECOME IRRATIONAL,

[58:33] IMPULSIVE, AND EASY TO

[58:34] MANIPULATE. THIS CLASSIC LENS

[58:36] LED POLICE AGENCIES TO APPROACH

[58:38] CROWD BEHAVIOR AS CHAOTIC,

[58:40] MEANINGLESS, OR CRIMINAL. A

[58:42] NEWER THEORY CALLED THE

[58:44] ELABORATED ASSOCIATE IDENTITY

[58:46] MODEL REFUTES THAT IDEA. E.M.S.

[58:50] RESEARCH ARGUES THAT PEOPLE IN

[58:54] INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY, THEY SHIFT

[58:57] IT BASED ON A STEP BY STEP

[58:59] PROGRESSION, WHICH IS

[59:02] HIGHLIGHTED HERE. THE FOUNDATION

[59:03] OF RESEARCH INTO HOW CROWDS

[59:05] BEHAVE AND HOW POLICE PRESENCE

[59:07] CAN ALTER AN EVENT BEGAN IN 2005

[59:10] IN RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE IN AND

[59:13] AROUND SOCCER STADIUMS IN

[59:16] EUROPE. THEY MADE SEVERAL

[59:17] FINDINGS BUT OF PARTICULAR NE

[59:18] IS THE FACT THAT THE

[59:20] DISPROPORTION NATE AND

[59:21] INDISCRIMINATE THREAT OR USE OF

[59:22] FORCE CAN ACTIVATE PSYCHOLOGICAL

[59:24] PROCESSES IN INDIVIDUALS THAT

[59:26] CAN DROP PEOE INTO A CONFLICT

[59:28] THEY WOULD OTHERWISE TRY TO

[59:29] AVOID AND POLICE STRATEGIES AND

[59:32] TACTICS FOCUSED ON DIALOG AND

[59:34] THE EXERCISING OF RHTS SHOULD

[59:36] BE IMPLEMENTED PROACTIVELY TO

[59:37] PREVENT THE NEED FOR ESCALATED

[59:39] ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES DURING

[59:40] PUBLIC GATHERINGS. RECENTLY,

[59:43] RESECH HAS BEEN EXPANDED AND

[59:48] TURN VIOLENT. ONE KEY INSIGHT S

[59:49] REMAINS CLEAR THROUGHOUT THE

[59:50] RESEARCH AND THAT IS HOW PICE

[59:52] RESPOND TO PUBLIC GATHERINGS

[59:55] MATTERS. IF POLICE TREAT A CROWD

[59:56] AS A THREAT AND USE OR THREATEN

[59:58] TO USE HEAVY HANDED TACTICS,

[1:00:00] PEOPLE IN THE CROWD MAY FEEL

[1:00:01] THEY ARE BEING UNFAIRLY TARGETED

[1:00:03] AS A GROUP. CONSIDERING THIS

[1:00:05] RESEARCH AND IN RESPONSE TO

[1:00:06] SEVERAL LARGE SCALE PROTESTS,

[1:00:08] SEVERAL POLICE AGENCIES ACROSS

[1:00:10] THE COUNTRY BEGAN EMPLOYING

[1:00:12] TENANTS OFHE ESIM INTO THEIR

[1:00:14] OPERATIONS. MANY OF THE AGENCIES

[1:00:17] EXPERIENCED SUCCESS SIMILAR AND

[1:00:19] ARE VERY SIMILAR. DURING

[1:00:21] RESEARCH FOR THIS DIRECTIV

[1:00:22] THERE WAS ONE CITY, COLUMBUS BY,

[1:00:24] OHIO, WCH NOT ONLY STOOD OUT

[1:00:27] BUT WAS RECOGNIZED BY OTHER

[1:00:29] CITIES AS THE NATIONAL STANDARD.

[1:00:33] COLUMBUS'S STANDARD TO LARGE

[1:00:36] PUBLIC GATHERINGS APPLIES THE

[1:00:40] RESEARCH. FOLLOWING THE MURDER

[1:00:42] OF GEORGE FLOYD AND THE PUBLIC

[1:00:43] EVENTS THAT FOLLOWED IN 2020,

[1:00:46] COLUMBUS WAS SUBJECT TO A

[1:00:48] FEDERAL INJUNCTION, STEMMING

[1:00:51] FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S PROTT

[1:00:52] RESPONSE. THE ORDER BARRED

[1:00:55] INDISCRIMINATE FORCE AND

[1:00:56] KETTLING OR CIRCLING OF CROWD.

[1:00:58] IT PROHIBITED THE USE OF FORCE

[1:01:01] TO DISPERSE NON-VIOLENT CROWDS

[1:01:03] AND ANY USE OF FORCER POLICE

[1:01:05] ACTION BE TIED TO SPECIFIC ACTS

[1:01:07] TO WHICH A PERSON CAN BE

[1:01:10] ARRESTED. POPS FUNCTIONS AS A

[1:01:12] TIERED RESPONSEMODEL, INCLUDING

[1:01:14] A DIALOG TEAM, CONSISTING OF

[1:01:16] SOFT UNIFORMED OFFICERS WEARING

[1:01:19] BRIGHT BLUE VESTS. THEY GATHER

[1:01:22] REAL-TIME INTELLIGENCE AND

[1:01:24] DE-ESCALATE WHEN NEEDED. IT'S

[1:01:25] SUPPORTED BYN ARREST AND

[1:01:26] CONTROL TEAM, WHICH HAS TARGETED

[1:01:29] ARRESTS CAPABILY USED FOR

[1:01:32] ENFORCEMENT ACTION. IT'S STAGED

[1:01:34] OUT OF SIGHT BUT CAN TRANSITION

[1:01:36] TO A VISIBLE PRESENCE DEPENDING

[1:01:39] ON THE RISKS. THE TEAM IS

[1:01:41] SUPPORTED BY BIKES, DRONES, AND

[1:01:43] OTHER RESOURCES SUCH AS SWAT AS

[1:01:45] NEEDED FOR HIGHER RISK EVENTS.

[1:01:49] PRIOR TO 2021, COLUMBUS HAD

[1:01:53] RESPONDED TO CROWDS THROUGH THE

[1:01:55] CLASSIC LENS MENTION EARLIER.

[1:01:56] THEIR NEW MODEL APPLIES A SOCIA

[1:02:00] IDENTITY APPROACH, WHICH

[1:02:02] RECOGNIZES CROWD BEHAVIOR AS A

[1:02:04] RATIONAL IDENTY BASED RESPONSE

[1:02:05] TO SOCIAL GATHERINGS RATHER THAN

[1:02:08] ONTANEOUS MOB VIOLENCE.

[1:02:09] IMPORTANTLY AND ARGUABLY MOST

[1:02:11] DIFFERENTLY FROM OTHER CITIES

[1:02:12] ANALYZED FOR TS REPORT IS THE

[1:02:14] OFFICERS IN COLUMBUS ARE TRAINED

[1:02:16] TO WORK INSIDE THE CROWD, RATHER

[1:02:20] THAN INSIDE OR AROUND THEM. THEY

[1:02:21] ARE ENGAGED TO IDENTIFY

[1:02:24] INDIVIDUALS WITHIN A GROUP W

[1:02:26] ARE INFORMALLY SORTED INTO THREE

[1:02:28] CATEGORIES TO HELP GUIDE THE

[1:02:31] DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSE. BECAUSE

[1:02:32] B'S AND C'S MAKE UP THE MOST OF

[1:02:35] ANY CROWD, OFFICERS FOCUS THEIR

[1:02:36] ENGAGEMENT ON THIS MAJORITY AND

[1:02:38] BECAUS OFFICERS ARE WORKING

[1:02:39] WITHIN THE CROWD, THEY

[1:02:41] COMMUNICATE IN REAL-TIME TO THE

[1:02:45] REGARDING TROUBLE FROM

[1:02:47] POTENTIALING A STATERS. SO WHAT

[1:02:48] DOES THIS LOOK LIKE IN PRACTICE?

[1:02:51] IN 2015, WHEN OHIO STATE WON THE

[1:02:52] COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL

[1:02:54] CHAMPIONSHIP, THOUSANDS OF

[1:02:55] STUDENTS A FANS GATHERED ON

[1:02:57] CAMPUS AND IN THE STREETS OF

[1:02:59] COLUMBUS TO CELEBRATE THEIR

[1:03:01] VICTORY. COLUMBUS PD RESPONDED

[1:03:03] BY USING A COMMAND AND CONTROL

[1:03:06] MODEL, INVOLVING OFFICERS

[1:03:07] DRESSED UP IN RIOT GEAR AND

[1:03:10] DEPLOYMENT OF TEAR GAS. THIS WAS

[1:03:12] STANDARDOR THE TIME AND DID

[1:03:15] NOT INCLUDE MODERN DIALOG USED

[1:03:17] TODAY IN POPS. SHARED INTEREST

[1:03:21] IN THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM SHIFTED

[1:03:25] POLICE THE SAME WAY POLICE HAVE

[1:03:26] APPROACHED THE CROWD. A REVIEW

[1:03:29] REPORTED THATVER 200 PERSONNEL

[1:03:33] WEREESPONSIBLE FOR THIS

[1:03:34] INCIDENT. THEY DEPLOYED 7 PEPPER

[1:03:39] SPRAY CANISTERS, AND 24 GAS

[1:03:42] GRENES. CPD MADE 4 ARRESTS

[1:03:45] DURING THIS EVENT AND REPORTED

[1:03:47] INJURIES TO 5 STUDENTS AND 1

[1:03:50] OFFICERS AND RESPONDED TO 89

[1:03:52] FIRES. IN 2025, OHIO STATE AGAIN

[1:03:54] WON THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL

[1:03:56] NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BUT THIS

[1:03:57] TIME CPD'S RESPONSE WAS

[1:03:59] COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. HAVING

[1:04:01] BEEN WORKING UNDER THE POPS

[1:04:03] MODEL FOR 4 YEARS, CPD RESPONDED

[1:04:06] FIRST WITH THEIR DIALOG TEAM AND

[1:04:07] COORDINATE ADD PLAN WITH THE

[1:04:09] UNIVERSITY STAFF AND STUDENT

[1:04:10] LEADERS. THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW

[1:04:13] FOR THIS REPORTED 58 POLICE

[1:04:16] PERSONNE NO INJURIES TO

[1:04:17] OFFICERS, NO USE OF FORCE, NO

[1:04:19] USE OF CHEMICAL IRRITANTS, AND 0

[1:04:22] ARRESTS. THERE WERE 7 FIRES AND

[1:04:25] ONLY STUDENT INJURIES, HOWEVER

[1:04:26] THOSE INCIDENTS WERE UNRELATED

[1:04:28] TO CPD'S RESPONSE TO THE EVENT.

[1:04:30] THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE CASE STUDY

[1:04:32] IN THAT THE EVENTS ARE VERY

[1:04:36] SIMILAR IN NATURE ON A VARIETY

[1:04:37] OF LEVELS, YET THE SOCIAL AND

[1:04:40] PHYSICAL IMPACTS WERE NOTEABLY

[1:04:43] DIFFERENT. A COMPARISON OF THE

[1:04:45] TWO EVENTS IN SOCIAL

[1:04:46] COMPENSATION AND IDENTIT

[1:04:47] REVEALED IN 2015, MEDIA OUTLETS

[1:04:49] FOCUSED ON POLICE RESPONSE, BUT

[1:04:52] IN 2025, THE SAME OUTLETS

[1:04:53] FOCUSED ON STUDENT BEHAVIOR. THE

[1:04:59] FIAL IMPACT FROM A FINANCIAL

[1:05:00] STANDPOINT, THE REDUCTION OF

[1:05:02] RESOURCES UTILIZED, THE NUMBER

[1:05:04] OF OVERTIME HOURS MEANT COST

[1:05:06] SAVINGS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF

[1:05:07] OVER $70,000 IN THIS EVENT

[1:05:09] ALONE. ADDITIONALLY, NO ARRESTS,

[1:05:12] NO INJURIES, NO USE OF FORCE

[1:05:16] REDUCED T EXPOSURE TO

[1:05:18] LITIGATION THAT COULD COME FROM

[1:05:20] EVENTS LIKE THIS. POPS LEADERS

[1:05:22] ATTRIBUTE THEIR SUCCESS TO THE

[1:05:25] INTRANSCRIBE SIS DESIRES OF

[1:05:26] THEIR OFFICERS. THE TEAM'S

[1:05:28] GUIDING MOTTLE REQUIRES HONEST

[1:05:32] INTENT, PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED ON

[1:05:33] THE WEB PAGE AND IS THE FIRST

[1:05:35] SLIDE IN THEIR TRAINING

[1:05:37] MATERIALS. POPS HAS OPERATED FOR

[1:05:39] APPROXIMATELY 6 YEARS AND HAS

[1:05:41] BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A KNOWLEDGE

[1:05:42] LAB SITE FOR PUBLIC ORDER AND

[1:05:44] PROTEST MANAGEMENT BY THE

[1:05:46] NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLICING.

[1:05:47] SINCE ADOPTION, THE CPD REPORT

[1:05:50] SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS IN

[1:05:51] ARRESTS, USE OF FORCE, AND

[1:05:53] OFFICER INJURIES, ALONGSIDE NO

[1:06:01] 2020. OF THE EVENTS REPORTED

[1:06:04] SINCE THE DEPARTMENT STARTED

[1:06:05] COLLECTING DATA, 317 WERE

[1:06:08] RESOLVED WITH A DIALOG ONLY

[1:06:10] PRESENCE. AMONG THE 17 EVENTS

[1:06:13] NEEDED, OR AMONG THE 77

[1:06:15] REMAINING EVENTS NDING

[1:06:16] ADDITION NAM RESOURCES, 5

[1:06:19] ARRESTS OCCURRED OVER THE COURSE

[1:06:20] OF THOSE EVENTS, 1 CUSTODIAL,

[1:06:24] AN4 CITATIONS. NO VIOLENT ACTS

[1:06:25] AGAINST OFFICERS AND NO

[1:06:27] SIGNIFICANT USE OF FORCE HAS

[1:06:27] BEEN REPORTED AND ACCORDING TO

[1:06:29] ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT REPORTING,

[1:06:30] EVENT VOLUME HAS GROWN 40% YEAR

[1:06:33] OVER YEAR, WHICH CPD ATTRIBUTES

[1:06:36] PARTLY TO THE COMMUNITY'S

[1:06:39] CONFIDENCE, THAT LAWFUL

[1:06:40] DEMONSTRATIONS WILL BE

[1:06:42] FACILITATED RATHER THAN

[1:06:44] SUPPRESSED. THE FIRST AND

[1:06:45] POSSIBLY THE ONLY PEER REVIEW

[1:06:48] EVALUATION OF A MODEL LIKE THIS

[1:06:49] WAS CONDUCTED IN COLUMBUS, A

[1:06:53] LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY WHERE 60

[1:06:57] EVENTS WERE OBSERVED FOUND THAT

[1:06:57] ACROSS NEARLY ALL EVENTS,

[1:06:59] OUTCOMES INVOLVED LITTLE TO NO

[1:07:01] USE OF FORCE, POPS OFFICERS

[1:07:03] BUILT TRUST WITH THEIR EVENT

[1:07:04] LEADERS AS EVIDENCED BY

[1:07:06] REDUCTION IN NEGATIVE

[1:07:08] INTERACTIONS WITH FACTIONS OF

[1:07:09] THE COMMUNITY WHICH HAVE

[1:07:11] HISTORICALLY BEEN

[1:07:12] CONFRONTATIONAL. RELATIONSHIPS

[1:07:14] BETWEEN KEY ORGANIZERS AND

[1:07:15] POLI HAVE IMPROVED. GROUPS

[1:07:17] THAT WERE INITIALLY RESIST TENT

[1:07:19] TO DIALOG OR OTHER FORMS OF

[1:07:21] COLLABORATION WITH POLICE NOW

[1:07:22] PARTICIPATE IN EARLY

[1:07:24] NEGOTIATIONS, PROVI ACCESS TO

[1:07:25] THEIR GROUP'S LEADERSHIP, ENGAGE

[1:07:27] WITH POLICE PRIOR TO EVENTS, AND

[1:07:28] MOST CASES ARE COMMUNICATING

[1:07:30] EARLY AND OFTEN AT THE ONSET OF

[1:07:34] SPONTANEOUS GATHERINGS. CPD'S

[1:07:37] SUCCESS INHE DEPLOYMENT OF

[1:07:39] POPS HAS LED TO THE CREATION OF

[1:07:41] A 5-DAY TRAINI PROGRAM THAT

[1:07:41] HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO HUNDREDS

[1:07:43] OF OFFICERS FROM DOZENS OF

[1:07:45] AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND

[1:07:46] POSITIONED THEM AS A

[1:07:47] PROFESSIONAL LEADER IN THE

[1:07:49] POLICE RESPOE TO PUBLIC

[1:07:58] THERINGS. LOCAL CHANGES HERE

[1:08:00] AT HOME. PRIOR TO 2020,

[1:08:03] MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT

[1:08:04] FOLLOWED AN MPD OR A FEMA-BAS

[1:08:07] COMMAND AND CONTROL PUBLIC ORDER

[1:08:09] MODEL. UNDER THIS MODEL,

[1:08:10] DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO CROWDS

[1:08:12] BY MOBILIZING LARGE NUMBERS OF

[1:08:14] OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR TO FM

[1:08:16] PERIMETERS OR LINES, ENCIRCLING

[1:08:19] CROWDS FOR MASS ARRESTS. THIS

[1:08:20] MODEL IS ROOTED IN THE MENTIONED

[1:08:24] CLASSITHEORY, SUGGESTING THAT

[1:08:25] A VISIBLE SHOW OF FORCE WILL

[1:08:27] DETER DISORDER. MPD STAFF

[1:08:29] DESCRIBED THIS APPROACH AS

[1:08:30] LARGELY UNCHANGED FOR DECADES

[1:08:32] AND WITH THE BENEFIT OF

[1:08:34] HINDSIGHT, CALLED IT

[1:08:36] COUNTERPRODUCTIV MPD'S CURRENT

[1:08:37] APPROACH IS BUILT AROUND A

[1:08:39] SCALABLE LAYERED RESPONSE,

[1:08:40] RATHER THAN A SINGLE DEFAULT

[1:08:42] RESPONSE. SO WHEN STAFF

[1:08:44] DESCRIBED SEVERAL ELEMENTS OF

[1:08:46] THEIR BROAD STRATEGY REFERRED TO

[1:08:48] AS A FLUID RESPONSE MODEL. IT

[1:08:50] INCLUDES INTELLIGENCE AND

[1:08:51] MONITORING, DIALOG AND

[1:08:53] DEESCALAON, MOUNTED PATROL,

[1:08:56] AND BICYCLE TEAM UNITS, STRIKE

[1:08:59] TEAMS, MOBILE USE FORCE, AND THE

[1:09:00] S.W.A.T. TEAM IN EVENTS THAT

[1:09:03] OTHER EFFORTS FAILED OR OTHER

[1:09:05] EMERGENCIES OCCURRED. THIS

[1:09:06] APOACH IS MODELED IN PART ON

[1:09:09] DIALOG POLICING WORK, THAT HAS

[1:09:11] BEEN LEARNED FROM TRAINING WITH

[1:09:15] COLUMBUS. ACCORDING TO NG

[1:09:16] LEADERSHIP, THE KEY OPERATING

[1:09:18] PRINCIPAL OF THE FLUID RESPONSE

[1:09:19] MODEL IS THA STRIKE TEAMS

[1:09:21] DEPLOY REACTIVELY TO THE

[1:09:22] COMMISSION OF A CRIME RATHER

[1:09:25] THAN PROACTIVELY UNDER THE

[1:09:26] EXPECTATION THAT A CRIME WOULD

[1:09:28] BE COMMITTED. OFFICERS NOTED

[1:09:29] THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL CONTRAST

[1:09:32] TO THE DEFAULT RESPONSE TO

[1:09:34] PUBLIC GATHERINGS PRE-2020

[1:09:37] LEADERSHIP DESCRIBED THE CURRENT

[1:09:37] MODEL AS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE,

[1:09:40] RELATIVE TO PAST ACTICE, AND

[1:09:42] PROVIDED EXAMPLES OF HOW POLICE

[1:09:43] AND COMMUNITY HAVE BENEFITTED

[1:09:45] FR THE ADOPTION OF MODERN

[1:09:47] POLICING OF PUBLIC GATHERINGS,

[1:09:48] NOTING SPECIFICALLY THAT A

[1:09:49] MAED REDUCTION IN USE OF FORCE

[1:09:51] INCIDENTS, LAWSUITS, AND

[1:09:52] COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN TIED TO

[1:09:54] PUBLIC GATHERINGS, A SHIFT FROM

[1:09:56] MASS ARREST TACTICS TO SELECTIVE

[1:09:58] INTENTIONAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION

[1:10:00] AGAINST SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, A

[1:10:02] REDUCTION I ADVERSARIAL

[1:10:04] RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNITY

[1:10:07] ORGANIZERS, EVENT ATTENDEES, AND

[1:10:08] MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA, AND

[1:10:10] PERCEIVED LEGITIMACY BENEFITS

[1:10:12] AMONGST OFFICERS, INCLUDING

[1:10:13] SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND THE

[1:10:15] FACT THAT MPD IS RARELY

[1:10:17] DIRECTING OFFICERS TO HOLD THE

[1:10:18] LINE HAS INCREASED CONFIDENCE IN

[1:10:21] OFFICERS AND BUILDING TRUST IN

[1:10:22] THE INTERNAL REFORM EFFORTS.

[1:10:25] WHILE WORKING WITH MPD FOR THIS

[1:10:27] REPORT, LEADERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGE

[1:10:29] LIMITS AND CHALLENGES THEY'RE

[1:10:31] FACING, INCLUDING A LACK OF

[1:10:34] DEPARTMENT-WIDE TRAINING AND

[1:10:35] EQUIPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE,

[1:10:36] EQUIPMENT RESOURCES REMAINS A

[1:10:39] PERSISTENT STRUGGLE, AND PUBLIC

[1:10:40] ORDER RESOURCES SUCH AS VEHICLES

[1:10:42] ARE OFTEN SHARED WITH OTHER MPD

[1:10:45] STAFF THAT PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE

[1:10:46] IN THE EFFORTS, PROTECTIVE

[1:10:48] EQUIPMENT SUCH AS HELMETS AND

[1:10:51] MASKS EXPIRE AND NEED TO BE

[1:10:53] REPLACED. WHILE THE EFFORTS ARE

[1:10:55] INTERNAL, THE FORMAL DIALOG TEAM

[1:10:59] COLUMBUS AND OTHER CITIES REMAIN

[1:11:01] ASPIRATIONAL AT THIS POINT BUT

[1:11:03] EXPERTS IN THE DEPARTMENT

[1:11:03] IDENTIFY THIS IS A TOP AREA THEY

[1:11:05] HOPE TO SEE IMPROV. SINCE

[1:11:12] 2020, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS

[1:11:13] MADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO

[1:11:14] THEIR POLICIES REGARDING CROWD

[1:11:16] MANAGEMENT AND THEIR OVERALL

[1:11:17] RESPONSE TO PUBLIC GATHERINGS.

[1:11:18] MANY OF THE CHANGES REFLECT

[1:11:21] BEST PRACTICES AND

[1:11:22] RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY

[1:11:22] PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND

[1:11:24] CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS. HOWEVER,

[1:11:25] THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

[1:11:27] REQUIRES THAT AN INDEPENDENT

[1:11:29] MONITOR REVIEW AND APPROVE THESE

[1:11:31] POLICIES AND THAT IS A PROCESS

[1:11:32] THAT HAS NOT YET OCCURRED.

[1:11:35] ADDITIONALLY, THE CONSENT

[1:11:37] DECREE, WHICH THE CITY REMAINS

[1:11:38] COMMITTED TO, REQUIRES

[1:11:40] ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO POLICIES

[1:11:42] RELATED TO HOW CROWD MANAGEMENT

[1:11:45] TO OBTAIN COMPLIANCE. EQUALLY

[1:11:49] I

[1:11:51] CHALLENGES, THE CHANGES THAT

[1:11:52] POLICE HAVE MADE TO THEIR

[1:11:53] RESPONSEO GATHERINGS IS THAT

[1:11:54] OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS,

[1:11:56] PARTICIPANTS AND OBSERVERS. THE

[1:11:58] RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHANGE

[1:11:59] IN POLICE RESPONSE AND POSITIVE

[1:12:02] OUTCOMES IS CORRELATED BUT NOT

[1:12:04] CAUSAL ALONE. COMMUNITY IS ALSO

[1:12:06] CHANNG THE WAY THEY ORGANIZE,

[1:12:08] DEMONSTRATE, AND SELF MONITOR.

[1:12:09] THESE CHANGES INCLUDE

[1:12:11] INVESTMENTS OF TIME AND

[1:12:12] RESOURCES INTO THE TRAINING AND

[1:12:14] IDENTIFICATION OF EVENT

[1:12:15] MARSHALS, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE

[1:12:17] WAY THAT GROUPS COMMUNICATE THE

[1:12:19] INTENDED OUTCOME OF THEIR EVENT,

[1:12:21] EXTRA EFFORTS TO COLLABORATE

[1:12:23] WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO INK

[1:12:25] CREASE POSITIVE EXPERIENCES FOR

[1:12:27] EVERYONE AND THE DEESCALATION

[1:12:29] USED BY LEADERSHIP WHEN

[1:12:31] ENCOUNTERING OOSING GROUPS.

[1:12:33] ORGANIZERS INTERVIEWED FOR THIS

[1:12:35] REPORTROVIDED FIRSTHAND

[1:12:36] EXAMPLES OF DIALOG WHEN IT WENT

[1:12:39] WELL AND WHEN IT WENT POORLY. I

[1:12:41] ENCOURAGE THE COMMITTEE AND

[1:12:42] OTHERS TO READ THE REPORT FOR

[1:12:45] THEIR PERSPECTIVE. COMMUNITY

[1:12:47] LEADERS RECOGNIZE THERE IS NO

[1:12:51] SINGLE STANCE AMONG ORGANIZERS

[1:12:51] WHEN IT COMES TO EVENT PLANNING

[1:12:53] WITH POLICE. THEY DESCRIBE IT

[1:12:54] MORE AS A SPECTRUM OF FEELINGS

[1:12:58] TOWARD DEPARTMENT LIAISING. SOME

[1:13:00] WANT TO GIVE A QUICK HEADS UP,

[1:13:03] SOME WANT ZERO CONTACT WITH LAW

[1:13:06] ENFORCEMENT, AND THERE ARE FEW

[1:13:07] BUT THEY DO EXIST THAT ARE

[1:13:09] LOOKING FOR CONFRONTATION. ONE

[1:13:11] CHALLENGE THAT POLICE HAVE IS

[1:13:12] DETERMINING WHERE ON THE

[1:13:14] SPECTRUM GIVEN GROUP MAY FALL.

[1:13:16] HAVING BUILT CHAINS OF COMMAND

[1:13:18] AND MAKING COMMITMENTS TO

[1:13:20] DISCIPLINE AIMED TO REDUCE

[1:13:23] ESCALATION IN THEIR OWN RANKS,

[1:13:25] OFFICERS OFFERED THEIR FOLLOWING

[1:13:26] INSIGHT ON WHAT POLICE CAN DO TO

[1:13:28] IMPROVE THEIR DIALOG AND LIAISON

[1:13:31] EFFORTS. THEY MUST HAVE

[1:13:32] SUFFICIENT RANK AND AUTHORITY TO

[1:13:34] MAKE REAL-TIME DECISIONS AND

[1:13:35] RANK ANDUTHORITY MUST BE

[1:13:36] PAIRED WITH THE RESPECT OF THEIR

[1:13:38] COLLEAGUES. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED

[1:13:39] TO THE DIALOG TEAM OR STRIKE

[1:13:41] TEAM SHOULD HAVE AN INTRINSIC

[1:13:43] BELIEF IN THE 1ST AMENDMENT

[1:13:45] RIGHT BEYOND THE COMPLIANCE OF

[1:13:47] PERMITTING. OFFICERS SHOULD BE

[1:13:48] ABLE TO A EMPOWERED TO

[1:13:50] NEGOTIATE. THERE SHOD BE A

[1:13:51] WILLINGNESS FROM DEPARTMENT

[1:13:53] OFFICIALS TO FIND SOLUTIONS

[1:13:54] RATHER THAN DEFAULTING TO A NO

[1:13:57] RESPONSE. DEPARTMENT LIAISONS

[1:14:00] AND LIAISON MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE

[1:14:03] THE ABILITY TO TREAT ORGANIZERS

[1:14:04] AS EQUALLY CREDIBLE COMPARED TO

[1:14:07] OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. TAKEN AS A

[1:14:10] WHOLE, THE DEPARTMENTS FEATURED

[1:14:14] IN THIS SHOW A SHIFT AWAY FROM

[1:14:18] FIRST CROWD CONTROL AS A PASSING

[1:14:21] TREND, IT'S A RESPONSE TO

[1:14:22] CADES OF RESEARCH SHONG THAT

[1:14:27] HEAVY HANDED TREATMENT IS NOT

[1:14:29] BETTER FOR ANYONE. IT SHOWS HOW

[1:14:33] THEY ENGAGE IN DIALOG SEE FEWER

[1:14:35] ARRESTS,INJURIES, AND

[1:14:36] CONFRONTATIONAL DYNAMICS BETWEEN

[1:14:37] THE POLICE AND THE PUBLIC. THIS

[1:14:39] REPORT ENCOAGES EXPLORING

[1:14:41] OPTIONS TO SECURE OAR ALLOCATE

[1:14:43] FUNDS TO FORMALIZE DIALOG TEAMS

[1:14:47] AND IDENTIFYING THE POTENTIAL

[1:14:49] COST SAVINGS THAT A MULTILAYERED

[1:14:52] RESPONSE MODEL COULD PROVIDE

[1:14:53] COMPARED TO BLANKET CALLOUTS OF

[1:15:01] ARE FURTHER ALONG IN THE ES THAT

[1:15:03] DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF THESE

[1:15:05] MODELS DESCRIBE THE WORK AS

[1:15:07] ONGOING. COLUMBUS STANDS OUT AS

[1:15:09] AN AGENCY WITH ACADEMIC RESEARCH

[1:15:11] PARTNERS, DATA TO BACK UP THEIR

[1:15:12] CLAIMS, POLICY TO ENFORCEHEIR

[1:15:14] RULES, AND THE RESEARCH.

[1:15:18] SUCH THINGS TAKE TIME, OFTEN HAT

[1:15:20] YEARS TO MATERIALIZE. THE REPORT

[1:15:24] SUGGESTS A STAARDIZED

[1:15:27] REPORTING SYSTEM AND OTHER

[1:15:28] REPORTING STRUCTURES MENTIONED

[1:15:29] IN THE REPORT, AS WELL AS THE

[1:15:31] EXPLORATION OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH

[1:15:33] ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS INTERESTED

[1:15:35] IN CONTINUING THE RESEARCH

[1:15:37] ASSOCIATED TO ESIM AND OTH

[1:15:41] MODELS. THE COMMUNITY

[1:15:42] PERSPECTIVE OFFERED IN THIS

[1:15:43] REPO IS A NECESSARY BALANCE TO

[1:15:45] ANY CONCLUSION THAT ONLY POLICE

[1:15:48] CAN BE CREDITED FOR THESE

[1:15:51] REFORMS. ORGANIZERS DESCRIBED

[1:15:52] THEIR OWN PROFESSIONALIZATION AS

[1:15:57] EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE

[1:16:00] OUTCOMES WHEN TRUST IS BROKEN,

[1:16:02] IT DOES NOT REPAIR QUICKLY AND

[1:16:04] SKEPTICISM ONHETHER UNIFORMS

[1:16:08] REFLECT GENUINE CHANGE INSTEAD

[1:16:10] OF BETTER BRANDING. TO FOSTER

[1:16:12] TRUST AND INCREASE EFFECTIVE

[1:16:14] COMMUNICATION, THIS REPORT

[1:16:16] CONSIDERS CONSPICUOUSLY

[1:16:17] DISPLAYING CONTACT INFORMATION

[1:16:18] FOR POLICE PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO

[1:16:20] MANAGE PUBLIC GATHERINGS ON THE

[1:16:22] DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, CREATING

[1:16:24] AND PUBLISHING FLYERS IN DIGITAL

[1:16:26] AND PHYSICAL FORM FOR

[1:16:29] DISTRIBUTION, CONNECTING

[1:16:31] CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED

[1:16:32] IN PLANNING EVENTS TO THOSE

[1:16:33] POLICE PERSONNEL WHO ARE

[1:16:35] RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THEM,

[1:16:37] AND EMPHASIZING COMMUNICATION

[1:16:38] AND EAGEMENT BETWEEN ELECTED

[1:16:40] OFFICIALS AND POLICE BEFORE,

[1:16:41] DURING, AND AFTER A LARGE SCALE

[1:16:44] EVENT. EACH AGENCY REFERENCED IN

[1:16:47] THE REPORT HAS MOVED AWAY FROM

[1:16:49] THE COMMAND AND CONTROL MODEL

[1:16:51] AND RELIES ON FEMA-BASED MODELS

[1:16:54] AS A LAST RESORT. AN ADOPTION OF

[1:16:57] THIS APPROACH HAS BEEN RARELY

[1:16:58] DRIVEN BY RESEARCH ALONE. I

[1:17:02] REVIEWED CHANGES, SIMILAR

[1:17:06] REVIEWS. THIS SUGGESTS THAT

[1:17:07] WHILE THE UNDERLYING RESEARCH

[1:17:09] HAS BEEN AVAILABLE TO CLOSE TO

[1:17:10] 20 YEARS, IT WAS LEGAL EXPOSURE

[1:17:12] AND MANDATEDREFORM, NOT

[1:17:14] VOLUNTARY ADOPTION OF

[1:17:16] EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE THAT HAS

[1:17:16] BEEN THE PRIMARY DRIVE FOR

[1:17:18] CHANGE IN THESE AGENCIES

[1:17:20] REPRESENTED. IT'S EQUALLY

[1:17:22] NOTABLE THAT EVERY LAW

[1:17:23] ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL I

[1:17:24] INTERVIEWED FOR THIS REPORT

[1:17:25] RECOGNIZ THE VOLUNTARY NATURE

[1:17:29] OF THEIR DEPARTMENT, WHICH COULD

[1:17:31] INDICATE A CULTURE SHIFT AND

[1:17:34] INTRINSIC DESIRE FOR OFFICERS TO

[1:17:35] BE PART OF AN EFFECTIVE CHANGE.

[1:17:36] IN AGENCIES WHERE SUPPORT IS

[1:17:39] INCONSISTENT OR ABSENT,

[1:17:41] LEADERSHIP RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S

[1:17:43] AD HOC AND INSPIRATIONAL, RATHER

[1:17:46] THAN INSTITUTIONALIZED AS

[1:17:47] DEPARTMENT CULTURE. WITH THAT,

[1:17:48] THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE

[1:17:50] PRESENTATION AND I AM HAPPY TO

[1:17:51] ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE

[1:17:53] REPORT.

[1:17:53] >> THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

[1:17:55] » THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

[1:17:55] I WIL FIRST PASS IT TO COUNCIL

[1:17:58] MEMBER WHITING.

[1:17:59] >> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMR

[1:18:02] » THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMR

[1:18:02] CHAVEZ AND THANK YOU NICK. I

[1:18:07] WANT TO TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT T

[1:18:09] THANK YOUND YOUR OFFICE FOR

[1:18:10] ALL YOUR WORK ON HERE. FOR THOSE

[1:18:12] WHO CAN'T SEE, WE HAVE AN OVER

[1:18:19] 30-PAGE DOCUMENT OF IN-DEPTH

[1:18:21] RESEARCH THAT GIVE AS BROAD

[1:18:23] DESCRIPTION OF WHERE POLICING IS

[1:18:24] MOVING, PARTICULARLY IN 1ST

[1:18:27] AMENDMENT AND MORE DIALOG AND

[1:18:29] COMMUNITY EVENT RELATED

[1:18:32] POLICING. SO, I CANNOT THANK YOU

[1:18:35] ENOUGH FOR PREPARING THIS LEVEL

[1:18:36] OF WORK. IT IS SETHING THAT I

[1:18:39] SEE WHY MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES

[1:18:42] INVESTED IN FILLING OUT. I

[1:18:47] APPRIATE THAT AS WELL, AS NICK

[1:18:49] HAS TAKEN THIS ON AND DONE THIS

[1:18:51] WORK. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT

[1:18:53] HERE TO DISCUSS WHERE THIS SORT

[1:18:55] OF CAME FROM. IT'S KIND OF

[1:18:58] SEEING IT IN STAGES OVER THE

[1:19:00] LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AS WE HAVE

[1:19:03] SEEN AN INCREASE OF INTERACTION

[1:19:05] BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND

[1:19:06] MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE

[1:19:08] SEEN SOME OF THOSE GO EXTREMELY

[1:19:10] WELL AND WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF

[1:19:12] THOSE TAKE A DIFFERENT AVENUE

[1:19:15] AND END UP IN MORE VIOLENT

[1:19:17] SITUATIONS. SO, AS OF THE LAST,

[1:19:21] ODNESS, IT CAME ACROSS THIS

[1:19:23] IDEA THAT POPPED INTO MY HEAD.

[1:19:28] IN THIS PAST SUMMER, WEST COAST

[1:19:30] CITY, I'M FORGETTING WHICH ONE

[1:19:32] SPECIFICALLY, THERE WAS AN

[1:19:32] OFFICER THAT WAS ENGAGING A

[1:19:35] DIALOG LIAISON OFFICER THAT WAS

[1:19:40] ENGAGING WITH HOMELAND SECURITY,

[1:19:42] A FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

[1:19:43] OFFICER AND THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT

[1:19:44] OFFICER WAS TRYING TO GET

[1:19:46] THROU

[1:19:49] PROTESTERS WERE. HE WAS GOING TO

[1:19:53] SCENARIO. THE DIALOG LIAISON

[1:19:55] OFFICER SAID IF YOU GO THROUGH

[1:19:57] THERE, YOU ARE GOING TO BE

[1:19:58] ARRESTED. SO THIS WAS THE FIRST

[1:20:00] TIME WHERE I HAVE SEEN AN

[1:20:02] OFFICER, AT LEAST IN A MORE

[1:20:04] VIRAL SETTING, ENGAGE IN

[1:20:07] COMMUNITY POLICING THAT WAS

[1:20:09] DIRECTLY PROTECTIVE OF COMMUNITY

[1:20:12] WITH ANOTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT

[1:20:15] OFFICER. SO, TT SPIRALED INTO

[1:20:17] OTHER EXAMPLES HERE IN THE CITY

[1:20:18] OF MINNEAPOLIS, WHERE WE SAW IN

[1:20:23] THE SUMMER, LAST SUMMER OF 2025,

[1:20:26] FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT RAID IN

[1:20:28] OUR CITY AND WE SAW KIND OF A --

[1:20:33] NOT A COLLABORATION WITH MPD IN

[1:20:36] FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT

[1:20:37] KIND OF A STANDING BY. SO, I

[1:20:39] THINK WE HAD A LOT OF RESIDENTS

[1:20:42] IN MIND, CONSTITUENTS IN MIND.

[1:20:44] THEY ASKED, WHAT ARE THEY DOING

[1:20:45] THERE? THEY'RE NOT PROTECTING

[1:20:47] OUR RESIDENTS. I THINK THAT IS A

[1:20:49] FAIR CONCERN, A FAIR QUESTN

[1:20:51] THAT WAS RAISED AROUND THAT.

[1:20:55] THEN OBVIOUSLY MOVING TO MORE

[1:20:58] RECENT EXAMES, OPERATION METRO

[1:21:00] SURGE, AND HAVING AN

[1:21:05] NON-SATISFACTORY ANSWER WHEN

[1:21:07] CONSTITUENTS ASK WHY ARE MPD NOT

[1:21:11] DOING MORE TO SUPPORT OUR

[1:21:13] RESIDENTS, WHY ARE THEY NOT

[1:21:14] ARRESTING THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT

[1:21:16] VIOLATE OUR RIGHTS. THIS IS THE

[1:21:19] RESPONSE TO THAT. SO NICK, THIS

[1:21:21] IS, I THINK FANTASTIC IN WHAT

[1:21:23] WE'RE SEEING IS HOPEFULLY BOTH A

[1:21:26] PROTECTION OF PROPERTY, LIFE,

[1:21:31] BUT ALL THINGS THAT ARE RELATED

[1:21:34] TO OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

[1:21:35] HERE AS WELL. SO, I THINK THE

[1:21:40] QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE

[1:21:42] PARTICULARLY AROUND -- YOU'RE

[1:21:45] LOOKING AT THESECITIES, BOTH IN

[1:21:48] THREE PARTS HERE. SO, I

[1:21:50] APOLOGIZE FOR THE LONG WINDED

[1:21:54] QUESTIONS. WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING

[1:21:55] AT THESE DEPARTMENTS,

[1:21:56] SPECIFICALLY THAT WORK WITH

[1:21:57] DIALOG LIAISON OFFICERS OR

[1:22:01] PROTECTIONS, 1ST AMENDMENT

[1:22:02] PROTECTION OFFICERS, ARE THERE

[1:22:06] POLICIES IN PLACE BETWEEN

[1:22:08] INTERNALLY WITHIN THOSE

[1:22:10] DEPARTMENTS THAT ENSURE THAT

[1:22:12] THESE OFFICERS, WHILE THEY HAVE

[1:22:16] FULL ARREST AUTHORITY, ARE THEY

[1:22:19] KIND OF ABLE TO STEP OUTSIDE

[1:22:21] OF -- ARE THERE POLICIES IN

[1:22:23] PLACE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT

[1:22:24] DOING E REGULAR JOB OF A LAW

[1:22:26] ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, I GUESS IS

[1:22:28] THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE.

[1:22:29] >> SURE. THROUGH THE CHAIR,

[1:22:31] » SURE. THROUGH THE CHAIR,

[1:22:31] COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, YES,

[1:22:32] THOSE POLIES DO EXIST. THERE

[1:22:34] ARE A COUPLE OF THEM NOTE IN THE

[1:22:36] REPORT THAT SPECIFICALLY OUTLINE

[1:22:39] THAT OFFICERS, I BELIEVE IT WAS

[1:22:41] IN SEATTLE AND COLUMBUS BOTH

[1:22:43] TOGETHER HAD IN THEIR POLICIE

[1:22:46] THAT THEIR SPECIFIC DIALOG

[1:22:48] DUTIES COME FIRST. BUT AT THE

[1:22:51] END OF THE DAY, IN THE INTEREST

[1:22:53] OF TRANSPARENCY, WE HAVE TO

[1:22:54] REMEMBER THAT THEY'RE LAW

[1:22:56] ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT THE END

[1:22:57] OF THE DAY AND THEIR DUTY IS TO

[1:22:58] ENFORCE THE LAW. THE INTENT OF

[1:23:01] THE TEAM AND THEROGRAM IS TO

[1:23:05] ENSURE THAT THESE CONTUSIONAL

[1:23:06] RIGHTS AREROTECTED AND THE

[1:23:08] EVENTS CAN CONTINUE. NOW, THERE

[1:23:10] IS AN INTERESTING CALCULUS THERE

[1:23:12] TO AT WHAT COST. I THINK THAT IS

[1:23:14] SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE -- I

[1:23:18] DON'T THINK IT WAS REPORTED TO

[1:23:19] ME THAT IS SOMETHING THA OCCURS

[1:23:20] ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. IT IS

[1:23:24] CODIFY IN POLICY THAT IF YOU ARE

[1:23:26] GOING TO BE PART OF POPS OR THE

[1:23:28] POET TEAM IN SEATTLE, THAT YOU

[1:23:30] NEED TO BE COMING TO THIS WORK

[1:23:32] WITH THE BELVE THAT THE GOAL

[1:23:34] IS NOT ARRESTING PEOPLE, IT'S

[1:23:35] MAKING SURE THAT THE EVENT CAN

[1:23:38] CONTINUE AND THAT THE BALANCE

[1:23:40] BETWEEN CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

[1:23:41] D PUBLIC SAFETY CAN EXIST.

[1:23:43] >> GREAT, THANK YOU. A SECOND

[1:23:47] » GREAT, THANK YOU. A SECOND

[1:23:47] QUESTION HERE, PARTICULARLY TO

[1:23:49] WITHIN THOSE UNITS, WHEN THEY

[1:23:52] HAVE KIND OF THAT FULL ARREST

[1:23:53] AUTHORITY AND YOU TALKED ABOUT

[1:23:55] THE MULTILAYERED OR SCALABLE

[1:23:59] DEPARTMENTS AND IT SEEMS LIKE I

[1:24:00] THINK COLUMBUS HAS A LEVEL O

[1:24:03] THAT SCALABLE, IT SEEMS LIKE

[1:24:05] SEATTLE IS THEIR OWN STAND ALONE

[1:24:07] UNIT. WHEN DEPARTMENTS ARE

[1:24:11] OKING AT WHICH ONE ARE WE

[1:24:12] GOING TO? MINNEAPOLIS, MPD HAS A

[1:24:16] LAYERED, SCALABLE LAYERED

[1:24:18] RESPONSE. HOW ARE WEENSURING,

[1:24:20] HOW ARE DEPARTMENTS ENSURING

[1:24:23] THAT THOSE THINGS ARE KIND OF

[1:24:24] LAST RESORT SO THAT HOPEFULLY

[1:24:28] THE DIALOG LIAISON OFFICERS ARE

[1:24:30] KIND OF THE ONES THAT ARE DOING

[1:24:32] THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE

[1:24:35] RESPONSE IN THESE SITUATIONS?

[1:24:36] >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THE

[1:24:38] » YES, THANK YOU FOR THE

[1:24:38] QUESTION. THROUGH THE CHAIR,

[1:24:40] COUNCIL MEMBER, ALL OF THE

[1:24:43] AGENCIES THAT I INTERVIEWED HAVE

[1:24:45] A MUL LAYERED RESPONSE, WHAT IS

[1:24:48] TERESTING ABOUT SEATTLE IS

[1:24:51] THAT THEY'RE THE ONLY ONE WITH A

[1:24:52] FULL TIME DEDICATED DIALOG TEAM.

[1:24:54] SO EVERYONE ELSE I SPOKE TO DOES

[1:24:57] IT AS A SECONDARY ASSIGNMENT OR

[1:25:00] IN SOME CASES, SOMETHING THAT

[1:25:01] THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, SOMETHING

[1:25:03] THEY'RE GOOD AT, OR SOMETHING

[1:25:04] THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS PUT ON

[1:25:06] THEIR PLATE AS SOMETNG THEY

[1:25:08] SHOULD BE DOING. TO ANSWER YOUR

[1:25:10] QUESTION, I THINK THE GOAL FROM

[1:25:12] ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS IS TO

[1:25:15] ENSURE THE MINIMAL AMOUNT OF

[1:25:17] INTRUSIONN THE EVENT. EFFORTS

[1:25:20] TO DO THAT INCLU HIDING THE

[1:25:22] RESOURCES OUT OF SIGHT, HAVING

[1:25:24] EM ON STAND BY AND AVAILABLE,

[1:25:25] CLOSE BY, OR WITHIN A REASONABLE

[1:25:29] RESPONSE TIME. ONE OF THE

[1:25:31] CONSISTENT THEMES I HEARD IS

[1:25:33] THAT AS AGENCIES ARE ADOPTING

[1:25:35] THIS, PART OF THE WAY THEYET

[1:25:37] BUY IN IS THROUGH THE OFFICERS

[1:25:39] KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE

[1:25:41] PROTECD IN THE EVENT THAT

[1:25:42] SOMETHING GOES WRONG. SO, SINCE

[1:25:44] THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT HAVING

[1:25:46] VISIBLE ACCESS TO AN ARMORED

[1:25:49] UNIT OR A TACTICAL TEAM THAT IS

[1:25:53] PRESENT INCREASES PEOPLE'S

[1:25:55] HEIGHTENED AWARENESS OR ANXIETY

[1:25:57] ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A

[1:25:59] CONFRONTATION. THE FIRST STEP OF

[1:26:03] THEM OUT OF MIND, WHICH ALLOWS

[1:26:04] THE GROUP'S IDENTITY TO MAINTN

[1:26:06] ITSELF AND ITS INTENDED PURPOSE

[1:26:09] FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.

[1:26:10] THANK YOU, AND THE LAST

[1:26:12] QUESTION HERE, WHEN YOU ARE

[1:26:13] LOOKING AT THESE AND I DON'T

[1:26:14] REALLY KNOW HOW TFORMULATE

[1:26:16] THIS QUESTION. IT'S A HARDER

[1:26:17] QUESTION TO FORMULATE. WHEN YOU

[1:26:19] ARE LOOKING AT THESE

[1:26:20] JURISDICTIONS AND THESE

[1:26:21] AGENCIES, HOW HAVE YOU SEEN

[1:26:25] THESE DEPARTMENTS KIND OF DO THE

[1:26:28] PROACTIVE PROTECTING OF 1ST

[1:26:31] AMENDMENT RIGHTS, PROTECTING OF

[1:26:40] THE DEMONSTRATORS. ARE THEY

[1:26:42] DOING MORE THAN JUST BEING

[1:26:43] OBSERVERS, BUT STEPPING INTO BE

[1:26:46] LIKE HEY, YOU CONDITION DO THAT.

[1:26:51] YOU HAVE TO LET THEM PROTEST AND

[1:26:53] ENGAGE IN THESE ACTIVITIES AS

[1:26:54] LONG AS IT'S NOT VIOLENT OR

[1:26:58] OTHERWISE. I AM WONDERING HOW

[1:26:59] THAT COMPONENT IS ADDED IN IT O

[1:27:02] IF YOU HAVE SEEN IT AT ALL.

[1:27:03] >> YES, I HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH OF

[1:27:07] » YES, I HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH OF

[1:27:07] THAT MYSELF. IT WAS REPORTED TO

[1:27:08] ME SOME EXAMPLES, SOME ANTIDOTAL

[1:27:11] EXAMPLES OF HOW AGENCIES ARE

[1:27:14] DOING THINGS LIKE WHEN THEY

[1:27:17] LEARN THE PATH OF A MARCH,

[1:27:20] THEY'RE PROACTIVELY HELPING WITH

[1:27:21] TRAFFIC CONTROL, OR IF THE PATH

[1:27:24] CHANGES IN REAL-TIME

[1:27:26] COMMUNICATION WITH EVENT

[1:27:27] LEADERS, PLAN A HAS GONE OUT THE

[1:27:29] WINDOW. WHAT IS PLAN B? THEN

[1:27:33] DEVELOPING A PATH ON THE FLY,

[1:27:34] GETTING BIKE TEAMS, GETTING

[1:27:35] HOE TEAMS, GETTING CARS IN

[1:27:38] PLACES THAT WILL PREVENT PEOPLE

[1:27:39] FROM BEING INJURED. ONE OFHE

[1:27:45] EXAMPLES IN THE REPORT THAT WAS

[1:27:46] PROVIDED BY A COMMUNITY MEMBER

[1:27:48] INVOLVED THE N KINGS RALLY THAT

[1:27:50] WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE SAME DAY

[1:27:53] THAT WAS THE HORTMAN MURDER, AND

[1:28:01] THE INTENTIONAL THOUG AND

[1:28:02] PLANNING THAT WENT INTO

[1:28:04] ACCOMMODATING BOTH THE LAW

[1:28:05] ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY'S BELIEF

[1:28:09] AND THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZER'S

[1:28:11] BELIEF, AND THAT MIDDLE GROUND

[1:28:13] S A GOOD EXAMPLE, I FELT, OF

[1:28:17] LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

[1:28:19] NEGOTIATING TO FIND A SOLUTION

[1:28:20] AND THE OUTCOME OF THAT WAS

[1:28:23] ESSENTIALLY THE COMMUNITY SAID

[1:28:24] WE'RE GOING TO SHORTEN OUR

[1:28:27] PEOPLE HAVE LESS TIME TO TALK

[1:28:28] AND WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE

[1:28:29] SOME OF THE SPEAKERS FROM THE

[1:28:32] ROSTER AND THEN FROM A LAW

[1:28:33] ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE

[1:28:34] GOING TO HAVE MORE RESOURCES

[1:28:37] VISIBLY PRESENT TO DETER WHAT AT

[1:28:38] THAT TIME WAS AN UNKNOWN THREAT

[1:28:44] WITH A MURDERER ON THE RUNG AND

[1:28:46] NOT KNOWING WHERE THEY WERE.

[1:28:47] >> THANK YOU. I HAVE ADDITIONAL

[1:28:49] » THANK YOU. I HAVE ADDITIONAL

[1:28:49] QUESTIONS THAT I WILL SAVE TO

[1:28:51] GIVE MY COLLEAGUES SOMETIME

[1:28:54] HERE. REACH OUT ON HOW W CAN

[1:28:57] SCALE A POLICY FRAMEWORK TO

[1:28:59] IMPLEMENT HERE IN THE CITY OF

[1:29:03] MINNEAPOLIS. THANK U.

[1:29:03] >> ALL RIGHT, I PUT MYSELF NEXT

[1:29:06] » ALL RIGHT, I PUT MYSELF NEXT

[1:29:06] ON QUEUE. THANKS FOR THE

[1:29:07] PRESENTATION. I THINK ONE OF THE

[1:29:09] REASONS I SUPPORTED THIS STAFF

[1:29:12] DIRECTION WAS BECAUSE OF THE

[1:29:17] CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND MPD AND

[1:29:19] THE FINDINGS BY THE DEPARTMENT

[1:29:21] OF JUSTICE THAT FOUND MPD

[1:29:23] VIOLATING THE 1ST AMENDMENT

[1:29:24] RIGH OF PEOPLE IN MANY

[1:29:25] FFERENT WAYS. FIRST, THAT

[1:29:29] OFFICERS RETALIATE AGAINST

[1:29:31] PROTESTERS,FFICERS RETALIATE

[1:29:32] AGAINST JOURNALISTS, AND

[1:29:35] LAWFULLY RESTRICT ACTIONS

[1:29:36] AGAINST PROTESTS, AND OFFICERS

[1:29:41] AND CALLS, AND OICERS STOPS

[1:29:44] RIGHT TO OBSERVE AND RECORD

[1:29:46] POLICE ACTIVITY. I THINK JUST

[1:29:49] M

[1:29:51] IMPORTANT FOR CONTEXT, SOME OF

[1:29:52] THE THINGS REALLY WANT TO DIAZ

[1:29:56] DEEP INTO AS WE EXPLOREHIS

[1:29:57] TOPIC. I WAS GOING THROUGH THE

[1:29:59] REPORT AND THE PRESENTATION AND

[1:29:59] IT TALKED AUT CONSIDER A

[1:30:03] REGULAR STANDARDIZED PUBLIC

[1:30:05] REPORTING MECHANISM AND

[1:30:08] REPORTING STRUCTURES MENTIONED

[1:30:08] IN THE REPORT. CAN YOU GO INTO

[1:30:10] DETAIL ON WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE

[1:30:12] OR WHAT THAT ENTAILED?

[1:30:14] >> SURE CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK YOU

[1:30:15] » SURE CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK YOU

[1:30:15] FOR THE QUESTION. MOST OF THE

[1:30:19] AGENCIES I SPOKE TO HAD SOME

[1:30:21] TYPE OF FORMALIZED REPORTING,

[1:30:23] STRICTURED TO THEIR DEPARTMENT

[1:30:25] AND COMMUNIES OR GOOD MORNING

[1:30:30] BODIES, ONE PARTICULARLY NOTE

[1:30:31] IN

[1:30:32] MADISON, HAS AER -- AN ORDANCE

[1:30:39] ON THE BKS ON PREPROVIDING AN

[1:30:43] AFTER ACTION REVIEW TO THE

[1:30:45] COUNCIL AFTER CERTAIN THINGS

[1:30:46] HAPPEN, SUCH AS THE DEPLOYMENT

[1:30:47] OF GAS OR PROJECTILEMUNITIONS.

[1:30:50] SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE

[1:30:52] THIS BODY. ONS I WOULD OFFER TO

[1:30:53] >> YES, THANK YOU. THAT I PART

[1:30:54] » YES, THANK YOU. THAT I PART

[1:30:54] OF THE REASON I AM ASKING. THAT

[1:30:58] IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO

[1:30:59] HIGHLIGHT IN THE REPORT. I THINK

[1:31:00] ABOUT HOW THIS WLD HAVE BEEN

[1:31:02] HELPFUL AT THE HEIGHT OF

[1:31:05] GETTING THIS INFORMATION. SO I

[1:31:07] WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE

[1:31:09] REPORT. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TO

[1:31:10] THE PUBLIC ONE OF THE REASONS I

[1:31:12] SUPPORTED THIS IS BECAUSE I

[1:31:13] WANTED TO DIVE DEEP INTO THIS

[1:31:17] COMPONENT OFHE -- WELL, TRUMP

[1:31:19] DIDN'T WANT IT, BUT WHAT WAS

[1:31:21] SUPPOSED TO BE A FEDERAL CONSENT

[1:31:23] DECREE. I THINK THERE ARE WAYS

[1:31:26] THAT US AS BODY SHOULD HAVE

[1:31:28] AND I APREUATE THE PRESENTATION

[1:31:30] YOU GAVE . COLLEAGUES, ANYBODY

[1:31:33] ELSE? OKAY. WE'LL CHAT OFFLINE.

[1:31:37] ALL RIGHT COLLEAGUES, NICK,

[1:31:40] THANKS FOR THE PRESENTION. I

[1:31:42] APPRECIATE IT. SEEING NO FURTHER

[1:31:44] DISCUSSION AND NO ONE IN QUEUE,

[1:31:45] I WILL ASK THE CLERK TOECEIVE

[1:31:48] AND FILE THAT PORT. SEEING NO

[1:31:50] FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US, I

[1:31:51] WILL DECLARE THIS MEETI

[1:31:53] ADJOURNED.

Public Health, Safety & Equity

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